348 TIMELIIDiE. 



1. ChaBtops frenatus. 



Malurus frenatus, Temm. I'l. Col. iii. pi. .'385 (1826). 

 Uhastopsbuichelli, Swains, in Faun. L'or.-Ame?'., Jiirds, p. 486 (1831); 



id. tiassif. B. ii. p. 23.3 (1837). 

 Chsetops frenatas, (Jray, Gen. B. i. p. 217 (1847) ; -B?5. Consp. i. 



p. 278 (1850) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 125 (1867j ; Sharpe, F. Z. S. 



1869, p. 163 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 264, no. 3863 (1869) ; ISharpe, 



Cat. Afr. B. p. 24 (1871) ; id. ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 216 



(1875). 



Adult male. General colour above ashy grey, broadly streaked 

 with black down the centre of the feathers, the head a liltlo 

 browner ; lower back, rump, and upper «tail-covcrts chestnut ; 

 scapulars like the back ; wing-coverts black, tipped with white, the 

 primary-coverts white, forming a wing-patch ; quills dark brown, 

 the primai'ies edged with ashy grey ; tail-feathers black, all but the 

 central feathers tipped with white ; over the eye an indistinct line 

 of greyish-white feathers ; lores and feathers below the eye black, 

 the ear-coverts a little browner ; cheeks white, extending in a 

 broad streak along the sides of the neck ; throat and fore neck 

 black ; remainder of under surface chestmit, the lower flanks, 

 vent, thighs, and under tail-coverts blackish brown ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillarics black, with a few white spots along the edge 

 of the wing ; quills brown below, light ashy along the inner web ; 

 " iris bright red" {E. L. Layard). Total length b-5 inches, culmen 

 1-05, wing 3-4, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-6. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in wanting the black throat, 

 this being ashy grey ; the under surface is chestnut, with some 

 black streaks on the sides of the chest ; cheeks light rufous, washed 

 with ashy ; upper surface as in the male, but the upper tail-coverts 

 having black shaft-streaks ; eyebrow ashy grey ; lores and ear-coverts 

 dark brown ; wing-coverts black tipped with grey, except the 

 greater series, which are tipped with white. Total length 8'25 

 inches, culmen O-So, wing 3'15, tail 4, tarsus 1-35. 



Hah. Confined to the Cape colony, where it is found on the bare 

 mountain-sides at a considerable elevation. 



a. Ad. St. South Africa. South-African Museum. 



6. c? ad. sk. South Africa. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



c. 5 ad.sk. South Africa (^.i.Z«y«/Y/). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



2. Chaetops aurantiacus. 



Chaetops auiantius, Layard, B. S. Afr. i. p. 126 (1867) ; Sharpe., 

 F. Z. S. 1869, p. 164; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 264, no. 3864 

 (1869) ; Sharpe, ed. Layardh B. S. Afr. p. 218, pi, vi. (1875). 



Adult male. Similar to C. frenatus, but rather lighter ashy above, 

 somewhat washed with sandy on the head and back ; car-coverts 

 and sides of neck ashy ; a distinct white eyebrow ; throat and fore 

 neck glossy black, separated from the sides of the head by a broad 

 cheek-stripe of white : remainder of under surface of body orange, 



