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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
133. Certhilauda capensis. 
CC. Port Nolloth, Mch., July, Aug. (14). 
The bill of the male averages 305 mm., ranging from 28 to 
33 in eleven examples ; that of the female is much smaller, 
24-25 in three examples. 
[This Lark was only found in Namaqualand, where it in¬ 
habits the cc sand veld,” which extends inland some ten miles 
from the coast. It is generally observed in pairs, and attracts 
attention by sitting on the tops of bushes and uttering at 
intervals a clear whistle-call. It runs with great celerity ; 
the flight is strong and straight, but is seldom sustained for 
more than a few yards. It was not breeding at the time I 
was in the locality. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark hazel; bill dark horn- 
brown ; legs and toes bluish horn-coloured.] 
134. Certhilauda albofasciata. 
CC. Anemous, A pi. (3) ; Klipfontein, Apl., July (4) ; Tv. 
Pietersburg, Feb. (2). 
The Namaqualand specimens are not in any way paler 
than the normal Cape examples, and have no resemblance to 
Peichenow’s C. albofasciata arenaria from Great Namaqua¬ 
land. In fact, their lower sides are of a slightly darker and 
more chestnut shade of brown than those from the rest of the 
Colony ; they are further distinguished by an almost com¬ 
plete absence of the dusky breast-streaks. These characters, 
however, seem hardly sufficiently constant to warrant the 
formation of a new race. 
[This Lark was found only in Namaqualand, where it was 
common, and again in the North-Eastern Transvaal, where the 
single pair taken were observed on the fiat open veld near 
Pietersburg. 
This bird is found in pairs or sometimes in threes, and 
frequents sandy localities sparsely covered with vegetation. 
It runs with celerity and will often, when under cover of a 
bush or rise in the ground, squat and endeavour to evade 
pursuit, but if approached will instantly start running away, 
and, finally, if closely pursued, take to the wing. The flight 
is slow and somewhat undulating, but seldom long sustained. 
