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FRINGILLIDJE, 



Sp. 1 8. Al. cinerea ? 



Al. riifo-grisea, infra albida ; capite rufo. 



Rufous-grey Lark, beneath whitish ; with the head rufous. 



La petite Alouette a tete rousse. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. iv, 



pi. 1 99. — Rufous-headed Lark. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vi. pi. 297 » 



Alauda cinerea. Steph. v. x. p. 524 ? 



Inhabits Southern Africa. About half the size 

 of the Skylark : beak stout, pale : the head rufous : 

 the rest of the plumage rufous-grey ; beneath dirty 

 white : legs pale brown. The female is smaller, the 

 red on the head paler, the hind claw less than that 

 of the male, which is not very long. 



Sp. 19. Al. magnirostris. 



Al. Jiisca pennarum marginibus pallidis ; pectore albido nigro 



maculato ; corpore infra favescente-albido ; pennis alarum et 



caudcefiavo marginatis. 

 Brown Lark with the edges of the feathers paler; the breast 



whitish spotted with black; the body beneath yellowish -white; 



the feathers of the wings and tail edged with yellow. 

 L' Alouette a gros bee. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. iv. pi. 193. — 



Great-billed Lark. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vi. jo. 296. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Beak large, bent at 

 the tip, brown, the under part pale at the base : irides 

 brown : plumage brown, the edges of the feathers 

 paler : breast dirty white, spotted with black marks ; 

 the rest of the under parts dirty yellowish-white : 

 quills and tail with yellowish margins, the last even 

 at the end : legs brown. The female differs in being 

 rather less. 



C. Rostro elongato, paulo compresso arcunto. 



C, With the beak elongated, a little compressed, arcuated. 



Sp, 20. Al. Africaua. Steph. v. x. p. b34 — Africa. 



