CERTHILAUDA AFRICANA. 



AvEs.— Plate XC. Fig. 1. (Male.) 



C. suprJi griseo-brunnea, pennis griseo-albo aut rufo-albo-niarginatis ; subtus alba, giittiire imo pec- 

 toreque brunueo-conspersis ; remigibus flavo-brunneis, cxterno flavo-marginatis ; rcctricibus griseo- 

 brunneis exteme rufo-albo-marginatis ; rostro flavo-brunneo, brunneo-umbrato ; pedibus subflavis 

 carneo-tinctis ; unguibus flavo-brunneis, brunneo-tinctis. 



LoxGlTUDo t rostri apice ad basin caudse 5 imc. ; caudse 3 line. 3 lin. 



Alauda Africana, Vieill. Encyclop. Method. 

 L'Aloutete Seeli, Le Vaillant Ois. d'Afriq., pi. 102. 



Colour. — The upper surface of the head between umber and liver-brown, 

 the feathers all edged and tipped whh pale wood-brown. The back and sides 

 of neck dirty pale umber-brown, the feathers edged and tipped with wood- 

 brown. The interscapulars, back, rump, and upper tail coverts liver-brown, 

 the feathers edged with pale reddish orange, and tipped with white. The 

 under parts pure white, with the lower portion of the throat, the Hanks and 

 the breast variegated with short, broad umber-brown streaks, and the belly, 

 and under tail coverts, with lengthened narrow umber-brown lines ; thighs 

 rusty white. The lesser wing coverts and the primary and secondary quill 

 coverts umber-brown, edged and tipped with white ; primary and secondary 

 quill feathers shining yellowish brown, the outer vanes particularly towards 

 the quills very narrowly edged with white ; tertiary quill feathers a greyish 

 liver- brown, edged and tipped with wood-brown. Tail umber-brown, glossed 

 with grey, and the outer vanes, particularly of the two external feathers of 

 each side, edged and tipped with white, the grey strongest on the two middle 

 feathers. Eyebrows white ; eyes dark brown ; bill yellowish brown, shaded 

 with umber-brown ; legs and toes clear bufi-orange, tinted with flesh-red ; 

 claws yellowish brown, shaded with umber-brown. 



Form, &c. — Figure rather robust. Head small ; bill long and slightly 

 arched, — the arch greatest towards the point ; wings rounded, and when 

 folded, reach to the commencement of the second half of the tail, the third 



