CERTHILAUDA SEMITORQUATA. — Smith. 
Aves. — Plate CVI. Fig. 2. 
C. capite superne dorsoque rufis, lineis longitudinalibus brunneis variegatis ; cervice subgriseo-semitorquata ; 
guttere albo brunneo-variegatis ; pectore abdomineque pallide rufis, pcctore maculis longitudinalibus 
brunneis notatis ; rectrieibus rubro-brunneis, rubro-auranteo-marginatis ; rostro leviter curvato ; 
tarsis brevibus, validis. 
Certhilauda SEMITORQUATA, Smith. Proceedings South African Institution, 1833. 
Certhilauda hufo-palliata, Lafresnaye Magaz. de Zoolog. 1836, Ois. PI. 68. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head, the ear coverts, the interscapu- 
lars, the back, the rump, the upper tail coverts, the outer edges of all the 
tail feathers, and also the inner edges of the two middle ones, intermediate 
between chestnut-brown and reddish orange (ferruginous). The shafts of the 
leathers of the head and a portion of the vanes adjoining them, brownish 
red, constituting dark variegations. Sides and upper surface of neck, 
between occiput and interscapulars, pale ash-grey, variegated with short, 
brownish stripes directed longitudinally. Eyebrows, feathers in front of eyes, 
chin, and throat, white; the latter streaked with umber-brown. Breast, 
belly, vent, and under tail coverts, rusty white ; the sides of the breast, 
flanks, and thighs with a strong ferruginous tint. Shoulder and lesser wing 
feathers the colour of the back ; primary and secondary quill coverts reddish 
brown, fading externally into sienna-yellow, the edges rusty white. Primary 
quill feathers intermediate between broccoli and reddish brown, the outer 
vanes and tips edged narrowly with dull rusty white ; the secondaries the 
colour of the primaries, but, like the tertiaries, edged with a colour similar to 
that of the back ; the tertiaries are umber-brown. Tail feathers brownish 
red, and, as already stated, edged with a ferruginous colour. Bill pale 
sienna-yellow, tinged with flesh-red, the upper mandible towards its base, 
and its point, shaded with pale reddish brown ; eyes brown ; legs and toes 
pale sienna-yellow, tinted with flesh-red ; claws brownish red. 
Form, &c. — Figure slender; head rather long, narrow anteriorly, mode- 
rately wide posteriorly. Bill long, slender, and slightly curved, especially 
towards the point, the upper mandible considerably longer than the lower • 
