6. LUSCINIOLA, 123 



Caliimolierpe babpecula ( Vieill.), Bp. Comp. i. p. 28G (1850) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Afr. B. p. i'l (1871J ; Ai/ns, Ibis, 1874, p. 102. 

 Calamohei'pe gracilii'Ostris, Ilartlaub, Ibis, 1864, p. 348. 

 Calamodyta gracilirostris {Ilartlaub), Laijard, B. S. Afr. p. 98 



(1807); Grai/, Haml-l. B. i. p. 207. no. 2927 (1869). 

 ? Calamodyta beaticula, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 2j8. no. 2841 (1869). 

 Bradvpterus rufescens, Sharpe i^- Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zuol. France, 



IST'O, p. 307. 

 Bradypterus g-racilircstria (Hartl.), Sharpe, ed. Zai/ard's B. S. Afr. 



p. 287 (1877). 



General colour of the upper parts brown, gradually shading into 

 russet-brown on the rump and upijer tail-coverts ; lores and ear- 

 coverts brown ; eye-stripe ill-deiined, greyish white, losing itself 

 over the eye ; wings and tail brown, all the wing-coverts and 

 quiUs narrowly edged with russet-brown on the outside webs ; tail- 

 feathers edged with russet-brown, and paler at the tip, especially 

 on the outside feathers. Underparts nearly white, shading into 

 grey on the sides of the breast, and into pale bufRsh brown on the 

 flanks ; thighs brown ; axillaries nearly white : under wino-- 

 coverts pale buft'; inner margin of quills pale buifish brown. EiU 

 long and slender, not very wide at the base ; upper mandible dark 

 brown, under mandible pale horn-colour, darker towards the tip ; 

 rictal bristles small. Wing wide, short, and blunt ; fourth and 

 fifth primaries nearly equal and longest ; second primary equal to 

 the ninth or tenth ; bastard primary 0-8 to 1-0 inch. Tail shorter 

 than the wing, the outside feathers from 0-4 to O'T inch shorter than 

 the longest. Legs, feet, and claws dark slate-colour. Length of wine 

 3-15 to 2-G inches, tail 2-9 to 2-45, culmen 0-8 to 0-7, tarsus 1-1. 



The plumage described is that of April and May, which I take to 

 be that of autumn and winter. There appears to be no difference 

 between the male and female, but birds of the year are more rufous 

 both above and below. The spring and summer plumage appears 

 to be unknown. 



The South-African Grass-Warbler is found in South Africa from 

 the Congo, Damara Land, and the Transvaal down to the Cape. It 

 is probably a resident ; but of this writers on African ornithologv, 

 with their accustomed carelessness, fail to inform us. 



a-d. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Cape Town. C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C.]. 



ff. Ad. sk. South Africa. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Berg river (K L. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Laijard). 

 k, I. S ad. sk. Potchefstroom ( TF. Dr. Exton [P.]. 



Lucas). 

 m,n. (S ,0. 2 ad.sk. Potchefstroom, April R, B. Sharpe, Esq. fP 1 



1877 ( JF. Lucas). '" "' 



P,q- 6 2 ad. sk. Omaubonde, Damara R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Land (C. J. An- 



derssim). 

 r. Ad. sk. Lake N'Gami (Chaj)- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



vian). 

 ». Imm. sk. Landana, Congo (Z. Purchased. (Tvpe of Bra- 



Pelit). dypferus inifescens, Sharpe 



& Bouvier). 



