1. C E R T H I L A U D A A F R I C A N A .
2. C E R T H I L A U D A SUB C O R ON AT A .
(Ave s Plate 90.)
A ves.—P late X C . F ig . 1. (M ale.)
C. suprct griseo-brunnea, pennis griseo-albo aut rufo-albo-marginatis; subtus alba, gutture imo pec-
toreque brunneo-conspersis; remigibus flavo-brunneis, externe. flavo-marginatis; rectricibus griseo-
brunneis externe rufo-albo-marginatis; rostro flavo-brunneo, brunneo-umbrato; pedibus subflavis
carneo-tinctis; unguibus flavo-brunneis, brunneo-tinctis.
Longitudo k rostri apice ad basin caudee 5 unc.; caudae 3 unc. 3 lin.
Alauda Africana, Vieill. Encyclop. Method.
L’Aloutete Serli, LeVaillant Ois. d’Afriq., pi. 192.
C olour.—The upper surface of the head between umber and liver-brown,
the feathers all edged and tipped with pale wood-brown. The back and sides
of neck dirty pale umber-brown, the feathers edged and tipped with wood-
brown. The interscapulars, back, rump’ and upper tail coverts liver-brown,
the feathers edged with pale reddish orange, and tipped with white. The
under parts pure white, with the lower portion of the throat, the flanks and
the breast variegated with short, broad umber-brown streaks, and the belly,
and under tail coverts, with lengthened narrow umber-brown lines; thighs
rusty white. The lesser wing coverts and the primary and secondary quill
coverts umber-brown, edged and tipped with white; primary and secondary
quill feathers shining yellowish brown, the outer vanes particularly towards
the quills very narrowly edged with white; tertiary quill feathers a greyish
liver-brown, edged and tipped with wood-brown. Tail umber-brown, glossed
with grey, and the outer vanes, particularly of the two external feathers of
each side, edged and tipped with white, the grey strongest on the two middle
feathers. Eyebrows white ; eyes dark brown ; bill yellowish brown, shaded
with umber-brown; legs and toes clear buff-orange, tinted with flesh-red ;
claws yellowish brown, shaded with umber-brown.
F orm, &c.—Figure rather robust. Head small; bill long and slightly
arched,Sthe arch greatest towards the point; wings rounded, and when
folded, reach to the commencement of the second half of the tail, the third