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■vring-coverts tawny buff; " bill black ; legs and toes flesh-coloured ; 

 iris ochry-brown'" ( J.nc?tfrssoH) ; i™ reddish hazel (T. C. Atmore). 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 1-9, tail 3-05, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but has the rufous ear- 

 coverts a little paler. Total length o'o inches, culmen O'o, wing 

 2-05, tail 3-05, tarsus 0-85. 



06s. This species possesses a winter dress, when the general aspect 

 of the bird is more mealy, a shade of rufous overspreading the hind 

 neck and mantle ; the forehead and neck are washed with grey, the 

 sides of the upper breast greyish, the pectoral collar much narrower 

 or entirely absent, and remains of tiny dots are more or less apparent 

 on the throat. Mr. Atmore coDected several in this plumage near 

 Hopetown. 



hah. South Africa : from the eastern Cape colony north into the 

 Transvaal, and westwards into Great Namaqua Land. 



a,b. d 2 ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 e. Ad. sk. Grahamstown (E. L. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Layard). 



d. S ad. sk. Hope-town {T. C. Atmore). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e, /"• d" 2 ad. sk. Transvaal (T.Ai/res). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 ff,/i. ij 2 ad. sk. Hountop river, Great E. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



Namaqua Land, June 6, 

 1864 ( C. J. Andersson). 

 i. c? ad. sk. Orange river. Dr. E. F. Bradshaw 



[P.]. 



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Gramiiiicola, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. ]77 nSO.S) G. bengalensis. 



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Bill and tail of Graminicola bengalensis. 

 Range. Eastern Bengal, extending into Assam. 



