CERTHILAUDA GARRULA, %1 .
CERTH1 LAUDA SEM1T0 RQUATA. Fig.2.
(Aves._ Plate 10 6)
CERTHILAUDA GARRULA.—S mith.
A ves.—P late C V I. F ig . 1.
C, capita supeme dorsoque nigro-biuimeis, plurais rufo marginatis; rectricibus nigro-brunneis, duabus
medius exccptis, late albo-terminatis; gutters albo; pectore ventrique rubs; rostro leviter curvato;
tarsis longis et validis.
Certhilauda Garrula, Smith. Proceed, of South African Institution, 1833.
Certhilauda Albo-fasciata, Lafresnaye Magaz. de Zool. 1636, Ois. 59.
Colouk.—The upper surface of the head, the interscapulars, the back and
the rump liver-brown, each feather edged and tipped with rusty sienna-
yellow ; the back and the sides of the neck dusky reddish brown, the
feathers edged and tipped with dull sienna-yellow, the dark colour rather
predominant. The upper tail coverts intermediate between reddish orange
and chestnut-brown (clear ferruginous), the feathers tipped broadly with
white ; shoulders, small wing-featherS, and primary and secondary quill
coverts deep brownish red, edged and tipped with rusty white, or a dull, pale,
reddish orange. The primary and secondary quill feathers brownish red,
narrowly edged externally, and tipped with dirty white; tertiary quill feathers
dark reddish brown, their outer edge and tip pale sienna-yellow. Tail
feathers umber-brown, the two middle ones tinged with lavender-purple, and
edged on both sides and tipped with clear reddish orange, the other feathers
tipped very broadly with pure white. Ear coverts dull reddish orange; eyebrows
light sienna-yellow; feathers in front of eyes pale rusty white ; chin
and throat white ; breast, belly, vent, and under tail coverts dusky reddish
orange, the under tail coverts broadly tipped with white; inner side of
shoulders pale sienna-yellow. The upper mandible of the bill and the lower
towards point reddish brown, the latter towards base sienna-yellow, lightened
with flesh-red. Eyes a bright clear brown. Legs and toes intermediate between
Dutch-orange and sienna-yellow, and tinted with flesh-red; claws the
same colour as legs, shaded with brown.
F orm, &c.—Figure slender ; head anteriorly narrow, rather wide behind.
Wings rather long, rounded, and reaching beyond the second third of the