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edged ; upper tail-coverts rufous, with distinct blackish shaft- 

 streaks ; tail dark brown, with pale edgings of fulvous brown, the 

 two centre feathers broadly and the two outermost narrowly mar- 

 gined with cinnamon-rufous ; lores and a distinct eyebrow creamy 

 buff ; feathers in front of the eye blackish ; under the eye another 

 line of creamy-buff feathers ; ear-coverts cinnamon ; cheeks and 

 throat dull white, varied with a few blackish spots ; rest of under 

 surface buffy white, slightly rufesceut on the sides of the body, the 

 fore neck and breast thickly spotted with dark brown, the spots 

 becoming narrower and more longitudinal on the sides of the breast 

 and flanks ; thighs rufous ; under tail-coverts white, the shafts 

 rufous, the longest plumes rufous, with black shafts and a whitish 

 tip ; under wing coverts ashy brown, like the inner lining of the 

 wing; "bill light reddish brown, the lower mandible pale buff 

 orange towards the base ; legs and toes intermediate between 

 broccoli and yellowish brown, and tinted with flesh-red ; claws light 

 reddish brown ; iris bright brown; eyebrow rusty white" (Sir A,. 

 Smith). Total length 7 inches, cuhnen 0*7, wing 3-65, tail 3-8, 

 tarsus 1*05. 



Winter plumage. Entirely different from the summer dress. 

 Above ashy grey, with a slight sandy- coloured tinge, the black 

 central stripes broad but obscure, rather plainer on the middle of 

 the back and scapularies, which are rather broadly margined with 

 creamy white ; wing-coverts dark greyish brown, with ashy margins 

 to least series, the greater and median series broadly edged with 

 whitish ; quills dark brown, margined with ash)', the secondaries 

 broadly edged with whitish ; rump and upper tail-coverts rather 

 more distinctly washed with sandy colour than the back, the latter 

 with dark brown shaft-stripes ; tail-feathers dark brown, the centre 

 feathers shaded with greyish and plainly margined with ashy white, 

 the outermost feathers having also a slight edging of the same ; eye- 

 brow and streak below the eye white ; feathers in front of the latter 

 blackish ; ear-coverts uniform ashy grey like the back, but with- 

 out dark shaft-streaks ; hinder part of cheeks washed with ashy 

 grey ; fore part of cheeks and throat white, with an indistinct 

 moustachial line of blackish spots ; sides of neck and under-snrface 

 of body white, with triangular blackish spots from the lower throat 

 to the breast, changing into longitudinal streaks on the sides of the 

 breast and flanks and under tail-coverts ; sides of the body inclining 

 to greyish, as also the thighs ; under wing- coverts and wing-lining 

 entirely ashy brown ; " bill, legs, toes, and claws deep orange- 

 coloured brown, shaded with brownish red, the lower mandible 

 towards the base sienna-yellow" (Sir A. Smith). 



Considerable confusion exists in the synonymy of this Lark, 

 principally due to the late Sir A. Smith. It will be seen that I 

 unite his two species, A. lagepa and A. codea, into one, as I believe 

 that they are nothing but the summer and winter plumage of the 

 same bird. However curious this may seem, I think that it is not 

 to be refuted on an examination of the specimens which I have 

 before me. The Museum never obtained the type of A. lagepa 



