S94 Capt. B. Alexander on the 
the white collar on the hind-neck broader and the lesser 
wing-coverts white in place of black. 
The type of this interesting species came from Senegal, 
^nd there are five specimens from that locality in the Berlin 
Museum. Mr. Hartert procured examples of it near Sokoto 
and Wurmer (Nigeria) in 1886. 
In February^ 1901^ we killed five specimens in the Gold 
Coast Hinterland, where this species appears to be a rare 
bird, since Capt. Giffard makes no mention of it during his 
stay at Gambaga in 1898. 
Adult S> Binduri (Gold Coast Hinterland), 24/2/01. 
Total length (measured in the flesh) 4*4 inches, wing 3, 
culmen '034, tarsus '06. Iris hazel ; bill horny slate- 
coloured ; legs and feet white. 
27. Galerita modEsta Heugl. 
Heliocorys modesta Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 623. 
Heliocorys modesta giffardi Hart. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 415 
(1899) (Gambaga). 
Adult c^ ? ? , Sugeri, 3/5/01. Adult c? c? ? , Gambaga, 
27/12/00, Adult ^ S ^ > Karaga, 5/5/01. Adult ? , 
Binduri, 20/2/01. 
Atfter a careful examination of our fine series of this rare 
little Lark and a comparison with the examples in the British 
Museum from Equatorial Africa, I am unable to recognise 
the validity of the proposed subspecies H. modesta giffardi. 
According to Mr. Hartert, the characteristics of the sub- 
ispecies are (a) slightly paler coloration^ (b) fore-neck and 
chest more heavily marked. 
These differences in plumage are in my opinion merely 
due to seasonal change. 
Our specimens, killed at the beginning of May, just before 
the rainy season, are freshly moulted. The feathers of the 
whole of the upper parts are blackish brown edged with 
tawny buff, more broadly on the wing- coverts and second- 
aries, while similar edgings obscure to a great extent the 
markings on the fore-neck and chest ; the breast and abdomen 
are white washed with tawny, and the crest-feathers are 
long. 
