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consisting of entire families. It resorts to the denser 

 parts of the forests, and lives entirely on small insects. 



The iris is yellowish brown, the bill almost black, the 

 tarsus flesh-coloured. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 4 10 



Length of folded wing 2 



„ tarsus 9 



„ middle toe 5 



„ tail 2 



„ bill 7 



[The females of tliis species are destitute of the black gorget 

 which distinguishes the males ; the type specimen, wliicli is pre- 

 served in the Museum of Zoology, at Cambridge, is a female. 

 Neither sex has as yet been figured. — Ed.] 



120. Eremomela flaviventris (Burch.). YeUow-bellied Bush- 



chirper. 



Sylciajlai-iventris, BurcheU's Travels, vol. i. p. 335 (note). 

 Eremmnela flaviventris, Sundevall, Ofvers. 1850, p. 102. 

 Drymoica hrachyura, Layard's Cat. No. 171 (part.). 

 Eremomela flaviventris, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 2849. 

 „ „ Shai-pe's Cat. No. 317. 



This little bird is sparingly met with from the Oka- 

 vango River on the north to the Orange River on the 

 south, but, on account of its diminutive size and secluded 

 habits, is probably often overlooked. It is found in 

 small families amongst dwarf vegetation, where it dili- 

 gently searches for small insects and their larvae. It is 

 very tame, and is often found in company with othe 

 small birds. 



The iris is dark brown ; the bill dark horn-colour, but 

 yellow at the angle of the mouth, and livid flesh-colour 

 on the basal part of the lower mandible. 



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