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the nape ; sides of face bluish grey like the head ; checks bright 

 yellow, as also the under surface of the body ; chin and centre of 

 the body silky white ; chest with a conspicuous spot of black ; under 

 tail-coverts and thighs yellow; under wing-coverts pale yellow, the 

 lower series silky white ; upper wing-coverts yellowish green like 

 the Avings ; quills blackish, externally edged with yellowish green, 

 the inner webs white towards their base ; tail-feathers dull olive- 

 green, edged and slightly tipped with yellow, the outer feather 

 entirely yellow ; " bill almost black ; tarsus flesh-coloured ; iris 

 yellowish brown " (Andersson). Total length 4*4 inches, culmen 

 0-5, wing 1-95, tail 2, tarsus 0-8. 



AJult female. Similar to the male, but wants the black spot on 

 the breast, which is entirely yellow. Total length 4-6 inches, cul- 

 men 0-5, wing 1-9, tail 2-15, tarsus 0-85. 



Uamara Land is the only place from which I have seen specimens 

 with the breast black, and the head and nape entirely slaty blue. 

 In males from Kingwilliamstowu the hinder crown and nape are 

 olive-yellow like the back, and only the forehead and sincii)ut 

 grey. The sides of the crown and sides of nape, however, are 

 tinged with grey, a slight appearance of which is also seen on 

 the back part of the nape, indicating apparently that the bird is in 

 a somewhat transitional stage of plumage. It will be noticed that 

 all the specimens from the more southern localities bear the dates 

 of June and July, while the Damara birds were killed between 

 November and May. It appears, then, that the breeding-place of 

 the species is Damara Laud, and that it goes south in winter, when 

 the plumage resembles that of the old hen-bird, with the hinder 

 crown and nape like the back. 



Hah. South-eastern Africa, ranging into Northern Damara Land 

 and the Makalaka country. 



a. Ad.hiem.sk. South jVfrica. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



h. c? hiem. sk. Sunday's River (A. F. Ort- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Icpp). 



c. Ad. sk. Eland's Post, July 1870 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(T. C. Atmore). 



d, e. c? ad.sk. Kingwilliamstown, June .3, Capt.H.Trevelyan [P.]. 



Is77 {('. Xi'whij). 

 /". Ad. sk. Kiugwilliamstown. Capt. H. Trevelyan [P.]. 



g. cJ ad.sk. Ovaquenyaiiia, Damara Land, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



May 23, 1867 (C. J. An- 



(lerss(m). 

 k. 5 ad. sk. Ovaquenyama, June 3, 1867 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



( C. J. Andersson). 

 i. k. d ? ad. sk. Elephant Vley, Nov. 1859 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C. J. Andersson). 

 I. <S ad. sk. Ondonga, Jan. 22, 1807 (C. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



J. Andersson). 

 tn. Ad. sk. Makalaka countrv. Dr. Bradshaw. 



