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in May and June 1867, has favoured me Avith the following 

 description of this species. " The entire throat and upper breast 

 white, the abdomen yellowish rufous, the head and back grey 

 throughout, the lores white, the forehead without spots." In 

 size this species closely resembles A. minutus. Mr. Sharpe, con- 

 sidering this to be an undescribed species, has assigned to it the 

 specific name of Caroli, in remembrance of its discoverer, Charles 

 James Andersson. It has not been figured. — Ed.] 



100. Parus afer, Gmel. Grisette Tit. 



La Mesange (jrisette, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 138. 



Parus cinerascens, Andersson, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 0. 



„ „ I.ayard's Cat. No. 210. 



„ „ Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 398. 



Partis afer, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 3331. 



„ „ Sliarpe's Cat. No. 332. 



This species is found sparingly in all the regions be- 

 tween the Okavango towards the north, Lake Ngami 

 towards the east, and the Orange River towards the 

 south, and it also occurs in some parts of the Cape 

 Colony. 



The irides are dark brown. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



101. Parus niger, Vieill. Southern Black-and- White Tit. 

 La Mesange noire, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 137. 

 Parus niger, Gurney, Birds Damar., in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 2. 

 „ „ Andersson, ibid. p. 6. 



