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TIMELiro^. 



being rather rufescent when compared with the black- collared 

 specimens, the head being decidcdlj' rufous, as also are the margins to 

 the wing-feathers. A slight disparity is noticed in the size of the 

 sexes, as will be seen by the accompanying measurements of a pair 

 killed by Andersson at Sand Fountain, Walvisch Bay, Aj)ril 19th, 

 1865 :— 



cJ. Total length 5*7 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 2-15, tail 3'35, 

 tarsus 0-95. 



2 . Total length 5-4 inches, culmen 0'5, wing 1*95, tail 2*9, 

 tarsus 0-85. 



The type of D. paUida is in the Museum, and is nothing but a 

 pale example of D.Jlavicans. 



Hah. South-eastern Africa, ranging throughout the Transvaal to 

 Bamangwato and westwards to Damara Land and Great Namaqua 

 Land, as far south as the Orange River. 



a, 6. c? ? ad. sk. 



c. Ad, sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk, 



/. cJ hiem. sk. 



ff, h. c? ad. sk. 



i, k. 5 ad. sk. 

 /. S fid. sk. 



in. S ad. ak. 



n. 5 ad. sk. 

 0, p. 2 ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 



r, s. 5 sk. 



i. 2 [juv.] sk. 



u, V, IV. S 2 [j^iv.] 

 sk. 



x\ Pull. sk. 



y, z. 2 fid. sk. 



a', b'. c? sk. 



c',d',e'. rS,f'- ? ad. 



sk. 

 c/". Ad. sk. 



South Afiica. 

 South Africa. 



South Africa. 



South Africa (E. L. 

 Layard). 



HopeTown(y. C.^<- 

 mo7-e). 



Transvaal {T. Ayres). 



Transvaal (T. Ayres). 



Potchefstroom, Transvaal, 

 June 1876. 



Potchefstroom, August 

 1876. 



Potchefstroom, June 1876. 



Potchefstroom, July 1876. 



Damara Land (C. J. An- 

 dersson). 



Between Aamhoup and 

 Hountop, Gt. Namaqua 

 Laud, June 7, 1862 (An- 

 dersson). 



Walvisch Bay, May 6, 

 1865 {Andersson). 



Sand Fountain, Walvisch 

 Bay, April 19, 1865 {An- 

 dersson). 



Walvisch Bay, Dec. 22, 

 1863 {Andersson). 



Elephaut Vley, Sept. 1, 

 1859 (Andersson). 



Elephant Vley, July 30, 

 1869 (Andersson). 



Swakop River, April 12- 

 16, 1865 {Andersson). 



Otjimbinque, June 10, 1866 

 {Andersson). 



Sir A. Smith [C.]. 

 (Types of D. pectoralis.) 

 Sir A. Smith [C.]. 

 (Type of D. pallida.) 

 Sir A. Smith [0.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq, 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Dr. H. Exton [P.]. 



Dr. H. Exton [P.], 



Dr. H. Exton [P.], 

 Dr. H. Exton [P.], 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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R, B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R, B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R, B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[R]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R, B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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