624 motacillidj:. 



Th. i. p. 15 (1850) ; Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 25 (1858) ; Flnsch ^■ 

 Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 278, note (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 p. 73 (1871); Ayres, Ibis, 1873, p. 282; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 384 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 73 ; Sharpe, in Oates's Matabele Land, 

 App. p. 317 (1881) ; Holub Sf Von Pekeln, Beitr. Orn. Sudafr. 

 p. 86 (1882); Shellm/, Ibis, 1882,^. 349; Btitkr,Feilden,Sf Reid, 

 Zool. 1882, p. 335 ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 530 (1884). 

 Corydalla capensis, Bouvier, Cat. Coll. Orn. p. 54 (1874), 



Adult. General colour above brown, the feathers dark brown in 

 the centre, broadly edged with fulvous or whity brown ; crown 

 coloured like the back, the dark centres somewhat more longitudinal, 

 the forehead washed with orange ; hind neck ashy brown ; lower 

 back and rump nearly uniform brown, the feathers subterminally 

 rather darker brown ; upper tail-coverts brown, broadly edged with 

 fulvous brown, inclining to whitish towards the tips ; wing-coverts 

 dark brown, with broader margins of paler and more fulvous brown, 

 the least series margined with orange, the median series slightly 

 washed with the same, the greater series whitish at the tips ; quills 

 dark brown, broadly edged with fulvous brown, broader and paler 

 on the secondaries, the primaries externally edged with yellow, the 

 first primary white on the outer web ; two centre tail-feathers 

 brown, with whity-brown margins, the rest of the feathers dark 

 brown, tipped with white, increasing much in extent towards the 

 outermost, which is white along the outer web also ; from the 

 nostril a distinct eyebrow of orange-yellow ; lores and a ring of 

 plumes round the eye whitish, washed with yeUow ; ear-coverts light 

 brown, slightly washed with yellow, v.'ith whitish shaft-streaks to 

 many of the feathers; entire throat bright orange; cheeks black, 

 running in a broad band along the sides of the throat and uniting 

 on the fore neck so as to form a collar ; sides of the neck ashy 

 brown ; rest of under surface of body orange-yellow, the sides of the 

 body light ashy brown ; below the black collar a few irregular 

 streaks and mottlings of black : thighs yellow ; under tail-coverts 

 pale whity buff, slightly washed with yellow, the concealed basal 

 half dark brown ; under M'ing-coverts and axillaries orange, the 

 greater series light ashy with whitish edgings, slightly washed with 

 yellow ; the quills light ashy below, i^alev along the inner web. 

 Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-S, tail 3-3, tarsus 1-4. 



Obs. The female is similar to the male, but has not such a wide 

 black gorget, the black-tipped feathers forming a more or less broken 

 line on the fore neck. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-75, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 1-35. 



In breeding-plumage the feathers become much worn, and the 

 orange of the throat and yellow under surface much bleached, the 

 latter often appearing ashy. The sides of the neck become hoary 

 grey, skirting the black collar. 



The winter •jylif'^iaO^ ^^ much more mottled than the summer 

 dress, and the fiesh-moulted feathers are much darker. 



The winter plumage of the yoimr/ birds is dingier than that of the 

 adults, and the jugular gorget is scarcely perceptible. 



