BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 

 Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire leugtli 5 G 



Length of folded wing 1 10 



,, tarsus 9 



„ middle toe 6 



tail 2 8 



bill 7 



106. Drymoica Smithii, Bon. Smith's Diymoica. 



Drymoica riiJicapiUa, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 73. fig. 1. 

 Drymoica Smithii, Bonaparte's Conspectus, vol. i. p. 283. 

 Drymoica ruficapilla, Guniey, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1804, 

 p. 2. 

 „ ,, Layard's Cat. No. 156. 



Drymocca Smithii, Sharpe's Cat. No. 294. 



I am not aware that this compact little bird is an 

 inhabitant of either Great Namaqua or Damara Land. 

 I first became acquainted with it on penetrating to the 

 Okavango, but even there I do not remember to have 

 seen much of it. 



[A specimen collected by Mr. Andersson, and now in the 

 possession of the Rev. H. B. Tristram, is ticketed "Elephant 

 Vley, October 12th, 1859;'' two others in the collection of Mr. 

 Sharpe are from the same locality. — Ed.] 



107. Drymoica chiniana, Smith. Kurichane Drymoica, 

 Drymoica chiniana, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 79. 

 Drymoica subriijicapilla, Guniev, Birds Damar., in I'roc. Zool. Soc. 



1804, p. 2. 

 Drymoica chiniana, Layard's Cat. No. 158. 

 Drymceca chiniana, Shai-pe's Cat. No. 281. 



[Mr. Andcrsson's collections contained examples of this species 

 oljtaiucd at Objimbiuque, and also two obtained in Ondonga; 

 hut the latter were both of them somewhat smaller than the 



