A ves.—P late CX. F ig . 1.
B. corpore supra plumis castaneis nigro alboque variis tecto ; gulä alb à ; pectore abdomineque subauranteis ;
pectore brunneo-strigato ; permis scapularibus nigro-brunneis, externe rufo-albo-fasciatis.
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudæ 4 une. ; caudæ 2 une. 6 lin.
L’Alouette Bataleuse. Le Yall Ois d’Afrique, pl. 194.
Alauda Apiata, Yiellot, Ornithologie Part Première, p. 321.
Alauda Clamosa, Stephens’ Continuation of Shaw’s Zoology.
Clap art Lewerk of the Dutch Colonists.
C olour.—The upper surface of the head rufous, streaked with liver-brown ;
the back of neck, interscapulars, back, and shoulders blotched or transversely
barred with liver-brown, the tip and edges of the feathers rusty white or
lavender-purple; the rufous and liver-brown colours slightly glossy. Primary
wing-feathers umber-brown, edged and tipped with rufous; secondary wing
coverts umber-brown, each partially barred toward the point with rufous, and
narrowly tipped with the same colour. Primary and secondary quill feathers
brownish red, the whole of the outer vane of each and the inner vane towards
the quill edged with rufous; the former narrowly, the latter broadly. Scapulars
and the tertiary quill feathers umber-brown, the outer vanes blotched or barred
with rusty white ; rump and upper tail coverts pale rufous brown, barred with
umber-brown. Tail feathers brownish red, the outer vane of the outermost
feather of each side rusty white, the vanes of the other feathers narrowly and
faintly edged with dirty white ; the two middle feathers greyish brown, variegated
in some specimens with narrow longitudinal liver-brown lines, in others
with liver-brown bars, the tips and edges rusty white. Chin and throat
rusty white, speckled with small brown spots; breast and under parts rufous,
the former anteriorly variegated with triangular umber-brown spots; under
tail coverts a rusty sienna-yellow colour, each feather towards the point with
an arrow shaped umber-brown mark. Eyebrows narrow, and of a rusty
white colour. Bill,—upper mandible, and apex of lower brownish red, the
rest of the latter pale sienna-yellow. Legs and toes sienna-yellow, tinted
with flesh—red; claws reddish brown.