BRACHONYX APIATA. 
Aves. — Plate CX. Fig. 1. 
B. corpore supra plum is castaneis nigro alboque variis tecto ; gula alba. ; pectore abdomineque subauranteis ; 
pectore brunneo-strigato ; pennis scapularibus nigro-brunneis, externe rufo-albo-fasciatis. 
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudte 4 unc . ; caudse 2 unc. 6 lin. 
L’Alouette Batalecse. Le Yuli Ois d’Afrique, pi. 194. 
Alauda Aviata, Yiellot, Ornithologie Part Premiere, p. 321. 
AlaudA Clamosa, Stephens’ Continuation of Shaw’s Zoology. 
Clapart Lewerk of the Dutch Colonists. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head rufous, streaked with liver-brown ; 
the back of neck, interscapulars, back, and shoulders blotched or transversely 
barred with liver-brown, the tip and edges of the feathers rusty white or 
lavender-purple ; the rufous and liver-brown colours slightly glossy. Primary 
wing-feathers umber-brown, edged and tipped with rufous ; secondary wing 
coverts umber-brown, each partially barred toward the point with rufous, and 
narrowly tipped with the same colour. Primary and secondary quill feathers 
brownish red, the whole of the outer vane of each and the inner vane towards 
the quill edged with rufous; the former narrowly, the latter broadly. Scapulars 
and the tertiary quill feathers umber-brown, the outer vanes blotched or barred 
with rusty white ; rump and upper tail coverts pale rufous brown, barred with 
umber-brown. Tail feathers brownish red, the outer vane of the outermost 
feather of each side rusty white, the vanes of the other feathers narrowly and 
faintly edged with dirty white ; the two middle feathers greyish brown, varie- 
gated in some specimens with narrow longitudinal liver-brown lines, in others 
with liver-brown bars, the tips and edges rusty white. Chin and throat 
rusty white, speckled with small brown spots ; breast and under parts rufous, 
the former anteriorly variegated with triangular umber-brown spots ; under 
tail coverts a rusty sienna-yellow colour, each feather towards the point with 
an arrow shaped umber-brown mark. Eyebrows narrow, and of a rusty 
white colour. Bill, — upper mandible, and apex of lower brownish red, the 
rest of the latter pale sienna-yellow. Legs and toes sienna-yellow, tinted 
with flesh— red ; claws reddish brown. 
