/ 
BUSH LARK. 
/ Differs from M, j. horsfieldii in being much darker above. Inkerman, ^ 
(^Queensland.” 
Queensland. 
*^Mirafra javanica secunda Sharpe. 
South Australia. 
"^Mirafra javanica woodwardi IVIilligan. 
West Australia (Onslow). 
Mirafra javanica milligani Mathews. 
North-west Australia. I 
Mirafra javanica subrtifescens Mathews. V 
“ A rufescent form only comparable with M. j. rufescens, from wliich it is 
easily separable by its superior size. Tabba Tabba.” 
North-west Australia (Tabba Tabba. 
'^Mirafra javanica rufescens Ingrabja / ^c j 
Northern Territory (Interior). 
Mirafra javanica nigrescens Mathews. ^ 
, “ Differs from M. h. horsfiddii in its much darker coloration above and much y _ S 
deeper rufous below. Eureka, Northern Territory. 
Northern Territory (West), 
I later added 
^ Mirafra javanica melvillensis. 
“ Differs from M. j. nigrescens in being much lighter on the back, the feathers 
having r\ifous edges ; the under-surface being more hke that part of woodwardi 
but not so red.” 
Melville Island. 
These were admitted without any alteration save the recognition of Bianchi’s 
name, M. 7i. Imlli, for M. j. milligani in my 1913 “ List,” and I have since 
noted that M. j, nigrescens has also been anticipated by Reichenow’s proposal, 
so I renamed this 
v^Mirafra javanica soderbergi. < 
Although it is certain that many more subspecies must be named when 
tliis group is studied, as Hall suggests, nothing has yet been done. 
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