BIRDS OF THE BUFFALO BASIN. 77 



White-shouldered Bush Chat — Thamnolsea cinnamo- 

 meiventris (/>.)• This species is very sparingly distributed 

 locally. Mr. John Wood ol East London has occasionally, 

 during the past twenty years, seen it at a kranz below 

 Nahoon Island. Pym has found it on a kranz at Pirie also, 

 but I have not found it nearer than Enigwali, which is 

 beyond our limits. 



[The Buff-streaked Chat — Thanmolfea bifasciata 

 (Temm.) is recognized as an Eastern species in C-ape Colony 

 and is stated by Stark to be " not uncommon in the neigh- 

 bourhood of King Williamstown/^ I have never seen the 

 bird at Pirie, and know of no record from the limits of 

 the Buffalo Basin. Stark^s phrase should probably be taken 

 in a wide sense. Three specimens were forwarded to me 

 from the AVinterberg in May, 1912.] 



Ant-eating (.^hat — Myrmecocichla formicivora 

 (VieilL). This is, within the limits of the Buffalo Basin, 

 little more than a straggler from the high veld. The King 

 Williamstown Museum contains two specimens, one obtained 

 by Mr. Pym, at Yellow woods, and the other forwarded by 

 Miss Hudson from Kei Road ; unfortunately neither 

 specimen is dated. 



Mr. John Wood has on a single occasion, near the mouth 

 of the Keiskama, seen this bird at shore-level. 



Sickle-winged Chat — Emarginata sinuata (Simd.). A 

 male and a female taken at Kei Road in 1902, were presented 

 to the King Williamstown Museum by Miss E. Hudson. 

 Mr- John Wood records it from Chiselhurst, near East 

 London, on 23rd August 1912, and remarks that at different 

 times he has seen it in various parts of the district, though 

 not often at the coast. In the hand, this chat is easily 

 recognized by the very distinct narrowing of the inner web 

 of the second primary towards the tip ; but, in the field, it 

 is liable to be confused with the Familiar Chat. 



The Capped Wheatear — Saxicola pileata (6r;?2.) depends 

 for a place in our list upon a single specimen forwarded to 



