ALAUDID^. 195 



and Sclater's description of it {loc. cit.) is not very easy of 

 accessj I here transcribe it : — " Whole upper parts and wings 

 nearly uniform ferruginous^ becoming paler on the upper tail- 

 covers and medial pair of rectrices; aU the wing-feathers 

 narrowly margined with cream-colour externally; the remiges 

 light fuscous on their shafts and inner webs ; a streak above and 

 a spot below the eye pale cream-colour ; ear-covers pale rufous ; 

 chin white; breast and lower parts pale cream-colour; beak 

 long; gonys nearly straight, flesh-coloured; legs apparently 

 flesh-coloured ; hind claw short, straight. Total length 6" 5'" ; 

 beak to front 7'", to gape 8'", high 2'" ; wing 3" 7"', rectrices 

 2" 8"' ; tarsus 1" 1'", hind claw 2^"'."— Ed.] 



238. Calendula crassirostris (Vieill.). South-African Thick- 

 billed Lark. 



VAlouette a gros bee, Levaillant's Oia. d'Afr. pi. 193. 

 Alauda crassirostris, Layard's Cat. No. 208. 

 Calendula crassirostris, Gray's Hand-list of Birda, No. 7773. 

 Alauda crassirostris, Sharpe's Oat. No. 679. 



This species is pretty generally diffused over Damara 

 and Great Namaqua Land; it frequents localities 

 covered with grass and dw^arf vegetation, and frequently 

 those which are of a rocky character. 



[A specimen of this Lark from Komaggos, in Little Namaqua 

 Land, was contained in Mr. Andersson's last coUectioUj and is 

 now in the possession of Mr. R. B. Sharpe. — Ed.J 



239. Megalophonus sabota (Smith). Sabota Lark. 



Mirafra sabota, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 89. fig. 2. 

 Megalophonus sabota, Layard's Oat. No. 429. 

 Alauda sabota, Sharpe's Oat. No. 687. 



I met with this Lark at various places north of the 

 Omaruru River, where, although rather local, it is 

 abundant in some localities, and especially in Ondonga. 



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