232 



{T. Ayres, MSS.). Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-6, 

 tail 1-3, tarsus 0-75. 



Adnlt male in winter j^^nivage. Similar to the summer dress of 

 the adult female, but distinguished by its larger size : " bill light 

 brown, the under mandible paler ; tarsi and feet light brown ; iris 

 dusky hazel " (T. Ayres, MSS.). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-6, 

 wing 2'!;), tail 1-55, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female in winter jjlurnage. Similar to the summer plumage, 

 but with broader pale edges to the feathers and much more dis- 

 tinctly streaked below ; wing 2*7. 



Sir J. Kirk enumerates the present species and E. j^etiti from the 

 Zambesi ; but only E. ori/x is represented in his collections. The 

 Zambesi specimens are decidedly smaller than those from the Cape 

 Colony and Natal, and have the black ou the face and throat a little 

 more restricted ; but the diminution in size of these more northern 

 specimens is so gradual that it is difficult to say where the large 

 form (E. ory.v) ends and the small form (E. sundevcdli) begins. 



Hub. Confined to South Africa, from the Cape Colony to Natal 

 and the Transvaal and thence to the Zambesi. Great Namaqua- 

 Land to Damara-Laud and the Lake Regions, to Benguela. 



a,h. 6; c. $ 

 ad. sk. 



d. (S hiem. sk. 



e. (S ad. sk. 

 /. S ad. sk. 

 g. c? imm. sk. 



h. c? ad. sk. 



I. 5 fid. sk. 



k. c? ad. ; I, m. 



2 ad. sk. 

 n, 0. [5] ad. 



sk. 

 p, q. (S ad. sk. 



r, S ad. sk. 



«. c? ; <• 2 ad. 



sk. 

 u. 2 ad. sk. 



v-z. (S ad. et 

 juv. ; a', b'. $ 

 ad. et juv. sk. 



c'. cJ ad. sk. 



d' h'. cJ ad. ; i'. 



2 ad. ; k'. cj 



imm. sk. 

 T. d imm. sk. 



Kuils River, Cape Colony, 



Oct. 30 (./. Butler). 

 New Barmen, Aug. 13, 1864 



(C. J. Andersson). 

 Eland's Post {T. C. Atmore). 

 Bloemfoutein. 

 Umgeni River, near Durban, 



July 21 (T.L. Ayres). 

 Pietermaritzburg, Oct, 20 



{E. A. Butler). 

 Newcastle, June 18 {E. A. 



Butler). 

 Natal. 



Weenen, Natal, Dec. ( T. Ar- 

 nold). 



Transvaal, Dec. 16 (T. E. 

 Buckley). 



Transvaal {T. Ayres). 



Potchefstroom, Jan. {T. Ayres). 



Potchefstroom, Dec. 11, 1876 



( T. Ayres). 

 Potchefstroom, June, July, Nov., 



Dec. {T. Ayres). 



Hope Fontein, near Gubule- 

 weyo, Dec. 1873 (F. Oates). 

 Zambesi River {Sir J. Kirk). 



Shelley Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 SheUey Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



SheUey Coll. 



Sharpe Coll, 



Forbes Coll. 



Shelley Coll, 



A, Foresman, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 H.Seebohm,Esq.[P.]. 



J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Shelley CoU. 



Zambesi (Z>/-. Meller). 



W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Livingstone Expe- 

 dition. 



Sharpe Coll. 



