392 ZOOLOGY. 



As I did not discriminate between the two races amongst 

 the numerous specimens of this bird which I brought from 

 Abyssinia, I am inclined to suspect that they pass into 

 each other. In the only adult male specimen now before 

 me, which I refer to P. frontalis, the ears are grey and 

 the cheek-patch not separated by a black line from the 

 grey of the back. In a younger specimen the ears are 

 white ; the white of the forehead is much less extended. 

 In both birds the rectrices have no pale margins. In a 

 female, which I refer also to this species, the outer rectrices 

 have the greater portion of inner web blackish brown ; 

 the outer web, with part of the inner, and the outer 

 edges of the second pair, are isabelline. The following 

 are the measurements : — 



Wing. TaiL Bill. Tarsus. 



m. 



Male, Zulla 3-0 1-95 0-37 065 



Do. young, Amba, Samhar 30 1-9 0-4 0'62 



Female, Zulla 2-95 1-8 0-35 0-67 



183. P. leucotia (Stanley). 



Lovia Uucotis, Stanley, Salt's Journey, App. p, Ix. 

 Pyrrhulmida Uucotis, Kiipp. Syst, Uebers. No. 314. 

 Coraphitea Uucotis, Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1868, p. 217. 



Iris raw sienna ; beak white ; legs flesh colour. 



This Lark inhabits the same localities as the last, and 

 associates with it, so that I have killed specimens of both 

 with one shot. It is, however, far less abundant. Dimen- 

 sions : — 



Male . 

 Female 



