CERTHILAUDA AFRICANA. 
Aves. — Plate XC. Fig. 1. (Male.) 
C. supra griseo-brunnea, pennis griseo-albo aut rufo-albo-marginatis ; subtus alba, gutture imo pec- 
toreque brunneo-conspersis ; remigibus flavo-brunneis, externe flavo-marginatis ; rectricibus griseo- 
brunneis externe rufo-albo-marginatis ; rostro flavo-brunneo, brunneo-umbrato ; pedibus subflavis 
carneo-tinctis ; unguibus flavo-brunneis, brunneo-tinctis. 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudte 5 unc. ; caudse 3 unc. 3 lin. 
Alauda Africana, Yieill. Encyclop. Method. 
L’Alotitete Serli, Le Vaillant Ois. d’Afriq., pi. 192. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head between umber and liver-brown, 
the feathers all edged and tipped with pale wood-brown. The back and sides 
of neck dirty pale umber-brown, the feathers edged and tipped with wood- 
brown. The interscapulars, back, rump, and upper tail coverts liver-brown, 
the feathers edged with pale reddish orange, and tipped with white. The 
under parts pure white, with the lower portion of the throat, the flanks and 
the breast variegated with short, broad umber-brown streaks, and the belly, 
and under tail coverts, with lengthened narrow umber-brown lines ; thighs 
rusty white. The lesser wing coverts and the primary and secondary quill 
coverts umber-brown, edged and tipped with white ; primary and secondary 
quill feathers shining yellowish brown, the outer vanes particularly towards 
the quills very narrowly edged with white ; tertiary quill feathers a greyish 
liver- brown, edged and tipped with wood-brown. Tail umber-brown, glossed 
with grey, and the outer vanes, particularly of the two external feathers of 
each side, edged and tipped with white, the grey strongest on the two middle 
feathers. Eyebrows white ; eyes dark brown ; bill yellowish brown, shaded 
with umber-brown ; legs and toes clear bufl-orange, tinted with flesh-red ; 
claws yellowish brown, shaded with umber-brown. 
Form, &c.— Figure rather robust. Head small ; bill long and slightly 
arched, — the arch greatest towards the point ; wings rounded, and when 
folded, reach to the commencement of the second half of the tail, the third 
