ART. 10 BIRDS FEOM SOUTHWEST AFRICA FRIEDMANN 7 



from the Orange River south to the Olifants River. It is possible 

 that they may be of an undescribed race, as the male is larger than 

 the figures given by Lynes for namaqua (wing 51, tail 48 mm). 



PRINIA FLAVICANS (Vieillot) 



Sijlma flavicans Vieillot, Encyclopedie metliodique, vol. 2, p. 438, 1820 (South 

 Africa; Namaqualand, ex Levaillant). 



On February 24, 1931, an adult female and a partly fledged young 

 bird were collected at Fish River ; an unsexed adult was taken at the 

 same place on March 1, 1931 ; and an adult male was shot there on 

 November 10, 1929. Several others were seen but not collected. 



Mrs. Sordahl writes that this bird has a scolding, chattering song. 



The Juvenal bird has no dark pectoral band and is paler yellow 

 on the underparts than the adults. The female attending the young 

 one shows signs of molt in the wings and tail. 



Family MUSCICAPIDAE, Old World Flycatchers 



PARISOMA LAYARDI Hartlaub 



Parisoma layardi Haetlaub, Ibis, 18G2, p. 147 (Zwartland, Malmesbury 

 District). 



Mrs. Sordahl shot a male Layard's tit-babbler on Mount Bruk- 

 karos, on January 18, 1931. The bird was found in a dry waste at 

 the foot of the mountain (3,200 feet) close to the desert. 



The specimen is in worn plumage. This is the first example of 

 this species to come to the United States National Museum. 



BATIS PRIRIT (Vieillot) 



Muscicapa pririt Vieillot, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, vol. 21, 

 p. 486, 1818 (Lower Orange River, ex Levaillant). 



Three specimens of the pririt flycatcher were collected on Mount 

 Brukkaros — a female on Januar}^ 18, 1931, and a " male " (really a 

 female) and a female on March 22, 1931. Mrs. Sordahl found 

 these birds flitting about in the bushes and small trees on the arid 

 slopes of Mount Brukkaros. 



The birds are all in worn plumage and were badly damaged by 

 the shot. 



Roberts ^ has recorded a nest found on October 12 at " Quickborn," 

 60 miles north of Okahandja, by R. D. Bradfield. 



« Ann. Transvaal Mus., vol. 12, pt. 4, p. 310, 1928. 



