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PASSERES. 
1273. Mirafra sabota. 
Mirafra sabota, Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exp. App. p. 47: 
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 645. 
Megalophonus chineanus, Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 122 (nee 
Smith). 
a S. Africa (Askew) 1840. 
1274. Mirafra nsevia. 
Alauda ncevia, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 152. 
Mirafra ncevia , Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 646. 
a Damara-land (G. J. Andersson ) 1852. 
The type of this species. 
Otocorys. 
Otocoris, Bonaparte, Faun. Ital. Ucc. fol. * * * * (1839). 
1275. Otocorys alpestris. 
Alauda alpestris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 289. 
Otocorys alpestris , Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 604 : Dres- 
ser, B. Eur. 
Alauda cornuta, Wils. Am. Orn. i. p. 85, pi. 5, f. 4. 
a N. America (Thomas) 1843. — b Siberia (J. F. Brandt ) 
1846. 
1276. Otocorys penicillata. 
Alauda penicillata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 126. 
Otocorys penicillata , Dresser, B. Eur. 
Otocoris longirostris, Moore, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 215, pi. 111. 
a N. India (Bt. at Stevens's). — b circa Nov. Alexandrovna, 
4 Mai 1840 (J. F. Brandt) 1846. 
b is marked hy Prof. Brandt “ Alauda alpestris , Linn. (A. nivalis , 
Pall.).” 
SECTION.— OSCINES CULTRIROSTRES. 
FAMILY. — ICTERIDiE. 
OSTINOPS. 
Ostinops , Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 187 (1851). 
1277. Ostinops decumanus. 
Xanthornus decumanus, Pall. Spic. Zool. vi. p. 1, pi. 1. 
