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Objimbinque, Damara Land, June 20, 1866 (C. J. A.), c, ? . On- 

 donga, Ovampo Land, November 1, 1867 (0. J. A.). 



E mus. J. H. Gurney : — a, £ • Potchefstroom, Transvaal, June 

 16, 1872 (T 7 . Ayres). 



E mus: H. B. Tristram :— a, $. Transvaal, May, 1870 (T. 

 Ayres) . 



10. Tephrocorys, gen. n. 



11. Tephrocorys cinerea. 



La Cendrille, Buff. H. N. Ois. v. p. 64. 



Cinereous Lark, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 388 (1783). 



Alauda cinerea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 798 (1788, ex Lath.); Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 23 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 71 (1871) ; Giebel, 

 Thes. Orn. p. 293 (1872) ; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 383. 



La petite Alouette a tete rousse, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 199 

 (1800) ; Sundev. Crit. om Levaill. p. 46 (1857). 



Megalophonus cinereus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 382 (1844); Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 244 (1850) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 212 (1867) ; Ayres, 

 Ibis, 1869, p. 295; Gray, Hand-1. ii. p. 122 (1870); Gurney in 

 Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 197 (1872). 



Calandritis cinerea, Cab. Mus. Hem. i. p. 123 (1850). 



Alauda spleniata, Strickl. Orn. Syn. 1852, p. 152. 



Calandrella cinerea, Licht. Notnencl. Av. p. 39 (1854) ; Gurnev, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 353. 



Megalophonus anderssoni, Tristr. Ibis, 1869, p. 434, et 1870, 

 p. 444 ; Gurney, in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 198. 



Adult male. Above ashy, mottled with dark brown centres to the 

 feathers, some of the dorsal plumes washed with sandy colour ; 

 crown of head bright chestnut, forming a cap, some of the feathers 

 slightly margined with fulvous ; hind neck decidedly ashy, paler 

 than the back and forming a kind of collar ; wing-coverts ashy 

 brown, with broad fawn-coloured margins, forming a conspicuous 

 shouider-patch ; the greater and primary coverts ashy brown, with 

 ashy-fulvous edgings; quills dark brown, margined with ashy fulvous, 

 inclining to rufous near the base of the feathers ; the outer primary 

 with a broad external margin of creamy white ; upper tail-coverts 

 rufous fawn-colour, the longest shaded with brown down the middle; 

 tail-feathers dark brown, the penultimate and outer feather edged 

 with white occupying the whole external web of the latter ; the two 

 centre tail-feathers margined with ashy brown ; small frontal plumes 

 whitish ; lores and a distinct eyebrow white, as also the feathers 

 under the eye and the cheeks white, the latter slightly spotted with 

 brown ; ear-coverts pale rufous ; sides of neck clear ashy grey ; 

 throat white ; rest of under surface also white ; the middle of the 

 breast ashy fulvous ; the sides of the upper breast bright chestnut, 

 forming a patch on both sides ; sides of body inclining to ashy 

 fulvous, washed with fawn-colour on the lower flanks ; thighs ashy 

 fulvous ; under wing-coverts pale ashy grey ; the edge of the wing 

 fulvous white ; inner lining of wing ashy brown, the inner webs of 

 the quills slightly rufescent towards the base ; " bill yellowish brown ; 



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