. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 514 ALAXJDID^. 1. CERTHILAUDA. ^^^^ CertLilauda, Swains. Zool. Jom-n. iii. p. 344 (1827) .... C. capensis. Thinotretis, Glo(/er, Handh. Natury. p. 2G6 (1842) .... C. capensis. Chersomanes, Cah. Miis. Iliiv. Tb. i. p. 126 (1850) .... C. rufula. To.\ocorys {710m. emend.), Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 155 (1872) C. Foot of Certhilauda capensis, to show straight hind claw. Range. Confined to South Africa. Key to the Species. a. Tso -white spots at the end of the tail-featheis ; flanks a9 broadly streaked and spotted as the breast capensis, p


. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 514 ALAXJDID^. 1. CERTHILAUDA. ^^^^ CertLilauda, Swains. Zool. Jom-n. iii. p. 344 (1827) .... C. capensis. Thinotretis, Glo(/er, Handh. Natury. p. 2G6 (1842) .... C. capensis. Chersomanes, Cah. Miis. Iliiv. Tb. i. p. 126 (1850) .... C. rufula. To.\ocorys {710m. emend.), Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 155 (1872) C. Foot of Certhilauda capensis, to show straight hind claw. Range. Confined to South Africa. Key to the Species. a. Tso -white spots at the end of the tail-featheis ; flanks a9 broadly streaked and spotted as the breast capensis, p. 514. b. Large white spots at the end of the tail-feathers; spots confined to the throat and chest rufxda, p. 515. 1. Certhilauda capensis. Le Sirli du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Dauhent. PI. Enl. x. pi. 712 ; Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 65 (1778). Alauda capensis, Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 45 (). African Lark, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 389 (1783). Alauda africana, Gm. S. N. i. p. 798 (1788); Vieill. Gal. Ois. ii. pi. clix. (1825). L'Alouette Sirli, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. pi. 192 (1805); Sundev. Crit. om Levaill. p. 46 (1857). Alauda duponti (nee V.), Roiix, Orn. Prov. pi. 186; Werner, Atlas, Granivores, pi. 2 (1827). Certhilauda longirostris, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 293 (1837). Certhilauda africana, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 383 (1844); Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. xc. fig-. 1 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 246 (1850); Gurtietj, Ibis, 1800, p. 208; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 217 (1867) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 71 (1871). Chersomanes africana, Cah. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 126 (1850). Ala3mon africana, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 39 (1854). Certhilauda capensis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 120, no. 7788 (1870); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 615; id. ed. Lnyard's B. S. Afr. p. 494 (1884).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the o


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