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3. Bradypterus barratti. 



Bradyptenis barratti, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 53; Barratt, (. c. p. '2Q2, 

 pi. 4 ; Ayres, t. c. p. 426. 



Adult male. General colour above rufous-brown, tbe lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts more decidedly rufescent ; wiiig-coverts 

 and quills dark brown, externally washed with rufous-brown ; tail 

 dark rufous-brown, obscui'ely barred with dusky brown ; lores and 

 a very narrow superciliary streak ashy fulvous ; a ring rouud the 

 eye fulvous : ear-coverts brown, slightly streaked with whitish ; 

 cheeks ashy brown, the feathers varied with white at the base ; 

 sides of neck olivaceous brown; throat whitish, streaked withljlack; 

 fore neck ashy, scarcely streaked at all : middle of the breast and 

 abdomen whitish, the sides of the body olive-brown, slightly washed 

 with rufous ; under tail-coverts olive-brown, rather clearer olivaceous 

 towards the base ; under wing-coverts ashy olive ; quiUs brown 

 below, dull rufous towards the base of the inner web ; " bill black ; 

 feet dusky brown ; iris dusky brown." Total length 5- 75 inches, 

 culmen 0"6, wing 2"o, tail ii'6, tarsus O'So. 



Some variation takes place in the amount of striping on the throat 

 and fore neck, while young birds have the underparts much more 

 yellow. 



Hab. S.E. Africa : Eastern Transvaal, ranging into Natal. 



n. Ad. sk. Lydenburg district. F. A. Ban-att, Esq. [P.]. 



(Tvpe of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Macamac, Dec. 1873. F. A.' Barratt, Esq. [C.]. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Macamac, Nov. 26, 1873 J. H. Gm-ney, Esq. [P.]. 



(T. Ai/res). 



4. Bradypterus sylvaticus. (Plate IV.) 



Bradvpterus sylvaticus, Sutidev. in Grill, Zool. Antechi. p. 30 (1858). 

 Calamodyta sylvatica, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 209, uo. 2961 (1869). 



Adidf. Similar to B. bracJii/pferus, but browner, and not so rufous 

 on the upper parts ; underneath, the fore neck, breast, and sides of 

 body are brown, the centre of the breast and abdomen are white, 

 and the throat is dull white obscured by brown tips to the feathers, 

 producing a mottled appearance. One of the chief distinguishing 

 characters is to be seen in the under tail-coverts, which are light 

 brown, broadly margined with pale yellowish white, whereas in 

 B. hnulnipterus the imder tail-coverts are uniform rufescent brown, 

 of the same colour as the flanks. Total length ^ro inches, culmen 

 0-6, wing 2-4, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. South Africa ; but the exact habitat of the species is at 

 present unknown. 



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



c. Ad. St South Afiica. Sir A. Smith [C'.J. 



