. The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region . 9, p. 353 paecilosterna, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 612 note (1890) ;Eeichen. Vog. D. O. Afr. p. 203 (1894) Pare, Arusha, Masai;Shelley, B. Afr. No. 210 (1896).Megalophonus massaicus, Fisch. and Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1884, p. 55, Little Similar to M. gilleti, from which it differs in having the upperparts rather less mottled ; a grey shade on the crown ; pale portion ofsides of head cinnamon instead of white ; under parts more rufous ;feathers of the lower throat with large unif
. The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region . 9, p. 353 paecilosterna, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 612 note (1890) ;Eeichen. Vog. D. O. Afr. p. 203 (1894) Pare, Arusha, Masai;Shelley, B. Afr. No. 210 (1896).Megalophonus massaicus, Fisch. and Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1884, p. 55, Little Similar to M. gilleti, from which it differs in having the upperparts rather less mottled ; a grey shade on the crown ; pale portion ofsides of head cinnamon instead of white ; under parts more rufous ;feathers of the lower throat with large uniform cinnamon centres; throat,flanks, thighs and under tail-coverts washed with cinnamon; under wing-coverts cinnamon ; inner edges of quills slightly tinted with that colour. Iris, feet and bill brown (Ansorge). Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 06,wing 3-4, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-95. <? , E of Kilimanjaro (Abbott). The Masai Sabota-Lark inhabits East Africa from thelatitude of Zanzibar to the Equator. Fischer collected the type of the species, a male, at THE BIRDS OF AFRICA, fischeri . MIRAFRA APIATA 41 Kibaradja in November, and other specimens in the Paremountains. He found the species not uncommon amongst thescattered acacia bushes between this range of mountains andthe Pangani river, and recognised his Meijalophunus inasnaicns,founded on a specimen from Little Arusha, not to be specifi-cally distinct. In British East Africa Dr. Ansorge hasprocured specimens at Kinani and the Tsavo river, and others to the south and east of the Kilimanjaromountain. Mirafra apiata. Alauda apiata, Vieill. N. Diet. H. N. i. p. 343 (1816) S. Afr. Mirafra apiata, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 598 (1890) 6Vy;c Col.; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 196 (1896); Nehrkoni, Kat. Eiers. p. 134, ajij ; Stark, Paun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 217 (1900).Alauda clamosa, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 23 (1826) S. Afr. Adult. Above rufous or brown washed with pale grey, the feathers wit
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