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Ah.Juscescens nigricante transversim striata; verlice rujb-cas- 

 taneo ; guld^ collo, pectore lateribusque corporis griseo-albidis 

 maculis nigris ; caudd subfurcatd. 



Brownish Lark transversely striped with dusky; with the crown 

 rufous-chesnut ; the throaty neck^ breast^ and sides of the body 

 greyish-white with black spots ; the tail slightly forked. 



L'Alouette a calotte rousse. La Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. iv. p, 198, 

 — Rufous-hooded Lark. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. \i.p. 297. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Beak and legs brown : 

 irides chesnut : top of the head rufous-chesnut : upper 

 parts of the body earthy-brown, with transverse, 

 curved, blackish marks : throat, neck, breast, and 

 sides, dirty greyish white, marked with some spots 

 of black : quills brown, waved with black-brown : tail 

 rather hollowed at the end, brown, the edges of the 

 feathers white. The female is smaller, the top of 

 the head less lively and hind claw not so large. 



Sp. 16. Al. Tartaria. Steph. v. x. p. 511. — Tartary. 



Sp. 17. Al. nigra. 



Al. niger pennis marginejlavis; alis cauddque nigris; rectricibus 



Jlavo margit2atis, lateribus maculd flavd. 

 Black Lark with the edges of the feathers yellow ; the wings and 



tail black ; the tail-feathers edged with yellow, and a yellow 



spot on the sides. 

 Le Tracal. Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afriq. v. iv. pi. 191. — Black Lark. 



Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vi. pi. 288. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Beak black, with a 

 brown tip : pluuiage black, with yellow margins to the 

 feathers : quills and tail black, the latter edged with 

 yellowy and the ends of each yellow, and a spot of 

 the same on their sides : tail rounded. The female 

 rather le«6. 



