during a journey to the Matabili Country. 383 
Beak horn-colour above, light brown beneath ; legs light 
brown; iris dark hazel. 
Met with sparingly in the bush “ veldt” north of Pretoria 
into the Bamangwato district, but not found in any great 
abundance. It seems to be rather solitary in its habits. 
Fejngill4Ria tahapisi (Smith). 
cJ $ . Transvaal, November 29th and 30th, 1873. 
Beak horn-colour above, lower mandible yellow ; legs 
brownish yellow; iris dark hazel. 
Not observed on my way up, and on my return only seen 
in the Transvaal. 
Alauda cinerea (Gm.). 
6 . Pietermaritzburg, Natal, May 2nd, 1873. 
Beak, base brown, tip black; legs dark brown; iris dark 
hazel. 
I only saw these birds here; there was a scattered flock, of 
which I procured these two males and one female; they run 
fast and are extremely difficult to see. 
Certhilauda semitorquata. Smith. 
a, <$. Transvaal, June 16th, 1873. 
Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 
Not very common, I fancy. This was the only specimen I 
obtained; and I observed only one or two more. This one was 
shot on the side of a small hill among some stones ; its flight 
was undulating. 
Alauda njsvia, Striekl. 
«, <$. Transvaal, July 5th, 1873. 
Beak horn-colour; legs brown; iris hazel. 
b , . Transvaal, July 8th, 1873. 
Beak horn-colour; legs flesh-colour; iris dark hazel. 
c, c?. Transvaal, July 10, 1873. 
Legs light brown; iris hazel. 
d, $. Bamangwato, October 15th 1873. 
Beak brown ; Legs light brown ; iris light hazel. 
Specimen a is of a rufous tinge all over, from the nature of 
the ground on which it was shot. These birds agree with a 
