112 



TIMELin)^. 



Bradvpterus layardi, Layaid, B. S. Afr. p. 100 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 



18(i9, p. 306. " 

 Calamodyta victorini, Gray, Iland-L B. i. p. 200, no. 2062 (1869). 

 Calaniodyta layardi, Gray, tum.cit. p. 20!l, no. 206;^. (1869). 

 Pblexis mollissima, Sunclcv. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 8 (1872). 

 Phlexis victorini, Sharpe, ed. Layard B. S. Afr. p. 284 (1876). 



Adult male. Above rufescent brown ; the head rather more ashy 

 brown than the back ; wings dark brown, the feathers edged 

 with rufous-brown like the back ; tail rufous-brown and consisting 

 of twelve feathers ; lores slightly tinged with rufous ; feathers 

 round the eye and ear-coverts dull greyish : cheeks and under 

 surface of body rufous, paler on the abdomen : the sides of the body 

 rufous-brown ; under wing-coverts dull greyish brown, like the 

 quill-lining. Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-15, tail 

 3-4, tarsus 0-9. 



Hub. Confined to the Cape Colony. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa. 



b. S ad. sk. Knysna. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Greorge, Knysna district 



(H. Aimore). 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Eisq. 



10. BRADYPTERUS. 



Type. 



Bradypterus, Sivaijis. Class. B. ii. p. 241 (18.37) .... B. hrachypterus. 



Tail of Bradypterus hradiy^nn-ns, to show the length of the under tail-coverts. 

 Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under tail-coverts reddish or reddish brown 

 like the lower flanks. 

 a'. Sides of breast brown, darker than flanks, 

 which are reddish brown ; tail-feathers dark 

 chocolate-brown -with reddish-brown tips; 

 on the chest generally a few dark brown 

 streaks hrachyjjtvrus, p. 113, 



