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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa . 
feeds largely on the seeds of grass. When flushed it utters 
a sharp little call, but seldom flies far. 
The soft parts are:— Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes fleshy 
horn-coloured.] 
126. Tephrocorys cinerea. 
CC 9 Durban Rd., Mch. (3) ; Klipfontein, Apl., May, 
June, July, Aug. (15) ; Port Nolloth, Aug. (4). 
An examination of the series of Red-capped Larks in the 
British Museum, together with those contained in the present 
collection, leads me to the conclusion that we must dis¬ 
tinguish two geographical races, a western paler and a more 
rufous and darker eastern and northern race. In the latter 
the rufous patches on the sides of the chest and crown are 
more extensive and of a richer shade, and often, though not 
always, extend to the flanks, while the general coloration is 
distinctly darker. 
Additional examples in the British Museum, which may 
be fairly referred to the typical paler race, are from Deel- 
fontein (Grant and Seimund)j\Ait\Q Namaqualand, and Cape 
Town. 
128. Tephrocorys cinerea anderssoni. 
Tv. Pietersburg, Mch. (1). 
Of the darker race referred to above there is only one 
example in the Grant collection; it matches almost exactly 
T. anderssoni , a cotype of which from Otjimbinque is in the 
British Museum. 
There are other Larks in the collection from Colesberg, 
Elands Post, and “British KafFraria” in C.C., from Kumma 
in Bechuanaland, from the Orange Free State, Potchefstroom, 
and Natal, as well as Angoniland and British East Africa, 
which, I think, may be referred to this subspecies. 
[The Red-headed Lark was observed in Namaqualand, the 
Cape Peninsula, and the South-Eastern and North-Eastern 
Transvaal. I have only noticed it in flocks, often of con¬ 
siderable numbers ; it usually frequents open and more or less 
sandy country, where it feeds largely upon seeds, frequently 
visiting native lands for the fallen grain after harvesting. 
