114 TIMELIID^. 



Young birds are yellower underneath, and appear to have the 

 spots on the throat broader and nearly obsolete, or else entirely 

 absent. 



Bab. Resident in South Africa, and is found all over the Cajje 

 Colony, extending into the Transvaal, but apparently avoiding Natal. 

 It also occurs as far north as Benguela in S.W. Africa. 



a, b. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



c, (1. Ad. ; e. Juv. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



f, (J. Ad. sk. Berg river (E. L. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Layard). 



k. Ad. sk. Transvaal (T. Ayres). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



i, k. cS 2 ad. sk. Potchefstroom, July Dr. Exton [P.]. 



1876 (W. Lucas). 



I, m. S , M. $ad. sk. Potchefstroom, April R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



1877 ( W. Lucas). 



o. cJ ad. sk. Potchefstroom, May R. B. Sharpe, E.sq. [P.]. 



1877 (W. Lucas). 



2. Bradypterus cinnamomeus. 



Svlvia? (Salicaria) ciunamomea, liiijip. Keue Wirb. Voy. p. Ill, 



"Taf. 42. fig. 1 (1835-40). 

 Oalamodyta ciunamomea, Graij, Gen. B. i. p. 172 (1848); Horsf. 8f 



Moore', Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 334 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-'l. B. 



i. p. 209, no. 2959 (1869). 

 Calamoheqje cinnamomea, Bp. Consp. i. p. 286 (1850). 

 Salicai-ia ciunamomea, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 23 (1856). 

 Bradypterus cinnamomeus, Heugl. Ibis, 1869, p. 83 ; id. Or7i. N.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 275 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above coffee-brown, duller on the head 

 and hind ueck, and brighter and more ntfescent brown on the 

 lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail ; wing-coverts a little 

 brighter than the back, as also are the quills, the latter being light 

 brown, externally rufescent brown ; lores, sides of face, and a 

 tolerably distinct ej'ebrow buffy white, the ear-coverts washed with 

 reddish brown, especially on their hinder margins ; cheeks and 

 throat light yellowish buff ; fore neck, chest, and sides of body, as 

 well as the under tail-coverts, light tawny buff, the centre of the 

 breast and abdomen white ; thighs brown ; under wing-coverts 

 brown with whitish edgings, the axillaries light tawny ; quills 

 dusky brown below, narrowly edged with light rufous along the 

 margin of the inner web ; " bill blackish horn-colour ; feet reddish 

 horny ; iris pale umber " {Heuglin). Total length 6 inches, culmen 

 0"6, wing 2-5, tail 2-7o, tarsus 0-9. 



Hob. North-eastern Africa. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Abyssinia (Harris). India Museum. 



