IS '4.j LARKS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 643 



msmm 



gmed with fulvous and streaked wi h J.rt v. i ? er> mar " 



gradually shadino- off Jr.f^ i i i mar S ms 5 q uiIls rufous fawn, 

 termLal tl ird oTthf nSf, 1 v^™"' Which ° CCU P ies about the 



centre ones, which are rnfn,™ f.™ \ u 7 ' e T Cla]l y the two 

 the margin of the feathers a Z* ^S 6Xtendinj ? S ° me ^ U P 



Iota length 7 inches, culmen 0-8, win* 4-0 tail SO t^ i * 



fitts than 1 maie ' and & ■ -ch°thSr £t 



i2 lotal length 6 8 inches, culmen 075, wing 3-5, tail 2- 7 , tarsus 



-^ft^^^JSTfi- v n TS aud not 



entirely obscured by the 3ad dark hr w° US ° f the crown 



forehead entirely broVn shaded wittt^ sba ?f "P es > a »d the 

 rufous; the hinder back and r f ViV* sll S htl J tin S ed w ^h 



below ; a ther mor ^Tv cdourSXa fa^ 7 "^ witb a %; 

 marked with triangular so t o d«Th T' he breast la rgely 



-re ashy, separating^ hld^V/S ^ ""* ^ 



t^nec^ Shade *-. 



black in the centre, and subtemSn^ a " * he .f? athers ver J broadly 

 Kpe, yery conspicuo* "bet f^Zt^T^T^* "^ 

 distinct on the win-coverts wwtT r P * ,- f feathers > more 



