from the Cape Colony. 145 



7. HiRUNDO PALUSTRIS, Stcph. 



" Found about the neighbourhood of water, geuerally in 

 company with H. paludicola. Received from Mr. Cairncross of 

 Swellendam, and Mr. Jackson of Nilsport, in the Beaufort 

 division." (E. L. L.) 



8. COTYLE FULIGULA, Licht. 



" From Beaufort." (E. L. L.) 



Fam. ALCEDINIDiE. 



9. Halcyon fuscicapilla, Lafr. 



" Mr. Atmore assures me that this species (no. 28) is plentiful 

 at Swellendam, and that when he is digging in his garden speci- 

 mens may always be seen perched on the trees near, from which 

 they dart down on the worms as he turns them up with his 

 spade." (E. L. L.) 



Fam. UPUPIDiE. 



10. Rhinopomastes cyanomelas, Vieill. 

 Kuruman (Mr. Moffat) ; Damara-land (Andersson). 



Fam. LUSCINIID^. 



11. Calamoherpe rufescens (Keys. & Bl.) ; Grill, /. c. p. 28. 

 One example is in the collection, marked " U Isabella ?". It 



is probably a young bird of this species, ''from Swellendam." 



12. LusciNiA SPERATA (Lath.), Sundev. Obs. in Levaill. Ois. 



d'Afr. p.44; Grill, /. c. p. 27. 

 I have seen but few of these birds, and those only in the 

 summer months, among the stones just below the Lion's Head, 

 at an elevation of 1500 feet. (E. L. L., note on specim. no. 35.) 



13. LusciNiA siNUATA, Sundev. I. c. p. 44, nota ; Grill, /. c. p. 27. 

 Descr. Supra dilutius brunnea, subtus multo pallidior in vina- 



ceum vergens ; mento albido ; crisso, subcaudalibus, sub- 

 alaribus et cruribus albidis ; uropygio cinnamomeo-rufo ; 

 hypochondriis subrufescentibus ; remigibus fusco-nigrican- 

 tibus, horum secundo ad apicem profunde sinuato-angustato ; 

 tertiariis late et conspicue rufescenti-marginatis ; rectricibus 

 omnibus ad basin isabellino-fulvescentibus, extima3 pogonio 

 externo ad apicem usque ejusdem colons, secundse in pogonio 



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