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and imder surface of the body dull 3'ellowish white ; sides of the 

 body and flauks slightly tinged with fulvescent ; thighs pale tawny ; 

 under tail-coverts yellowish white ; uuder wing-coverts very pale 

 fulvous ; axillaries whiter ; quills below ashy brown ; inner edge of 

 quills pale rufous. Total length 4-4 inches, culnien 0-55, wing 2'6, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus 0-9. 



Of Cisttcola cantans I have examined two of the typical speci- 

 mens in the Museums of Stuttgardt and Vienna ; it is the large form, 

 and identical with C cJiiniana of South Africa. 



In Damara Land a peculiarly rufous form occurs (C. nifilata, 

 Hartl.). I have seen one other specimen besides the type, of which 

 I give a full description. 



Adult nude of rufous race. Above sandy brown, the dorsal feathers 

 mesially dark brown, giving a slightly streaked appearance, these 

 streaks shaded with rufous on each side, imparting a rufous appear- 

 ance to the back ; head and neck uniform light chestnut ; wing- 

 coverts light brown, washed and tipped with ashy fulvous, the median 

 series with obsolete indications of a I'ufesceut streak near the tip ; 

 quills brown, externally edged with pale rufous, especially near the 

 base of the primaries, the margins to the inner secondaries paler ; 

 rump uniform sandy brown ; upper tail- coverts pale rufous, with 

 lighter buff margins ; tail light chestnut, all the feathers tipped with 

 huffy white, before which is a blackish-brown subterminal bar, the 

 two centre feathers much more narrowly tipped, and the subterminal 

 bar very indistinct ; lores and a very well-marked eyebrow dull 

 white ; sides of face yellowish, the upper margin of the ear-coverts 

 inclining to chestnut; cheeks and throat dull white ; rest of under 

 surface of the body yellowish ochre, darker on the sides and much 

 lighter down the centre ; thighs pale chestnut ; under wing- and 

 tail-coverts yellowish ochre ; inner lining of quiUs ashy brown, mar- 

 gined with rufous along the inner web ; bill dark brown, the under 

 mandible yellowish ; feet yellowish. Total length 5*7 inches, culmen 

 0-55, wing 2-3, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-95. {AIus. Brem.) 



Hah. The greater part of Africa, excepting the west coast above 

 the Quanza river. 



A. iSmall Race. 

 a. D. suhrujlcapdla, Smith. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b, c, d. Imm. sk. South Africa (Laijard). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e. [Jhiem.] sk. Berg river [Lm/ard). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



f. S iiuui. sk. Cape Town, Sept. 17, 1865 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C. J. Andcrsson). 



g. Imm. sk. Cape Town, Nov. 16, 1865 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C. J. A.), 

 h. c? juv. sk. Kuysna. C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C] , 



i. Juv. sk. Knvsna, Feb. 7, 1866 (C. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



J. A.). 

 k. (5 ad. sk. Piquet Bay, Aug. 22, 1862 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(G /. A.). 



