84 NEAVE, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



177. Macronyx croceus. 



Alauda crocea, Vieill., "N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 365 



(1816 : Java). 

 Macronyx croceus, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 297; Sharpe, 



"Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 10, p. 626; Shelley, Ibis, 1898, 



p. 379 (Zomba Plains), p. 553 (Mtondwe and Kasungu) ; 



W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 1, p. 239 ; 



Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 321. 



514. $ ad. Near Chivvali's, Alala Plateau. Nov. 17, 

 1905. 



Bill, upper mandible black, lower mandible bluish- 

 horn-colour, tipped dusky ; iris, brown ; feet, yellowish- 

 brown. 



In pairs on the Alala Plateau near Chiwali's. 



Family ALAUDID^E. 



178. Mirafra nigricans. 



Alauda nigricans, Sundev., Oefv. k. Vetensk.-Akad. Fork. Stock- 

 holm, 1850, p. 99 (Limpopo, Upper Caffraria). 



Mirafra nigricans, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 376, pi. 8, fig. 1 ; 

 Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 13, p. 619; W. L. 

 Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 1, p. 207. 



Pinarocorys nigricans, Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 348. 



530. $ a< 3- E. bank of Loangwa. Dec, 16, 1905. 

 Native name, " Kalabompwe " (Chisenga). 

 The first locality for this species recorded north of 

 the Zambesi. 



Family FRINGILLID.E. 



179. Petronia petronella. 



Petronia petronella, Licht., " Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol.," p. 47 

 (1854: Kafferland); Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 12, 

 p. 297 : W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 1, 

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