108 BIFASCIATED LARK. 



white superciliary ridge. Throat white; neck, abdomen, and under 

 tail coverts, light creamy chesnut, with a row of dark spots where 

 the white of the throat joins the crop. The primaries dark brown, 

 having a white band commencing slightly on the second. The 

 secondaries are white, with the dark brown of the primaries extended 

 across in the form of a band, occupying their middle third. Tail 

 same colour as primaries, except the two upper and two or three 

 lateral ones, which are as stated in the specific diagnosis. Beak and 

 feet yellowish; iris brown. 



The young, according to Degland, have the head and neck greyish, 

 with each plume marked with brown the length of the shaft; auricular 

 region almost entirely white; crop more marked with black spots, and 

 the colours of the plumage more strongly marked above and below. 



My figures of the bird and its egg are from specimens kindly sent 

 me by Mr. Tristram. The bird, which is a female, was shot at 

 Wednga, December 10th., 1856. It is also figured by Temminck et 

 Laug., pi. col. 893; Gould, pi. 168; Cretsch., Voy. de Riippell, pi. 5; 

 Dresser, B. of E. 



