. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 650 AlATTDID^. and much darker rufous, much more strongly streaked with black on the breast and flanks, the latter being ashy ; the under wing- coverts leaden ashy, as well as the inner edge of the quills : " bill dark yellowish brown, passing into dusky yellow towards the base of the lower mandible ; feet and claws light yellowish brown ; iris dark brown" (Sir A. Smith). Total length 7*5 inches, culmeu Ow, wing 4-1, tail 3-2, tarsus L-2. Hah. Plains to the south of the Orange River. a. Ad. sk. S. of Orange Elver. Sir A. Smith [C.]. (Ty
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 650 AlATTDID^. and much darker rufous, much more strongly streaked with black on the breast and flanks, the latter being ashy ; the under wing- coverts leaden ashy, as well as the inner edge of the quills : " bill dark yellowish brown, passing into dusky yellow towards the base of the lower mandible ; feet and claws light yellowish brown ; iris dark brown" (Sir A. Smith). Total length 7*5 inches, culmeu Ow, wing 4-1, tail 3-2, tarsus L-2. Hah. Plains to the south of the Orange River. a. Ad. sk. S. of Orange Elver. Sir A. Smith [C.]. (Type of species.) 21. PYRRHULAUDA*. Type. Megalotis (hcc IlUg.), Sivcans. Zool. Joiirn. ill. p. 347 (1827) P. leucotis. Pyrrhulauda, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. pt, vi. (1839) .... P. australis. Coraphites, Cnh. Arch. f. Naturr/. xiii. p. 328 (1847) P. Foot of Pi/rrkulaucla melanauchen. Range. The whole of Africa, Arabia, to Baluchistan and the Indian Peninsula. * I am unacquainted with the following species :— a. Pyrrhulauda nioeiceps. Pyrrhulauda nigriceps, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 87 (1841); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 381 (1844); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 123, no. 7835 (1870). Pyrrhulauda crucigera (jicc T.), Kculem. Nederl. Tijdschr. DkrL-. iii. p. 869 (18(56). " Upper surfixce brownish white, with the middle of the feathers darkei-; the front, cheeks, and a line on each side of the breast white ; beneath, the body and a line from the bill, passing over the eyes to the hind head, black ; the tail with the middle feathers blackish, margined with brownish white, the outer feathers deep black; bill and feet pale. Total length 4| inches, wing 2|, tail 1|, tarsus 1%, bill ^%." {Gould, I. c.) Hah. Cape Verde Islands. The type of this species must have been in the Zoological Society's collection, but, like m many other types, it was apparently not selected for the British Museum. The species has been referred to C. mdanauchcn by some authors, but, as far as I can se
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