98 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



[This species has not been fig;ured. — Ed.] 



121. Eremomela USticollis, Sund. Brown-throated Bush-chirpor. 



Eremomda usticuUis, Sundevall, Ofvers. 1850, p. 102. 



,, „ Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 2853. 



„ „ Sliarpe's Oat. No. 310. 



I first obtained an example of this species at Objim- 

 binque, on June 7th, 1866 ; it was shot whilst hopping 

 amongst the branches of a lofty tree ; and I have since 

 obtained several other specimens. 



The iris is lemon-colour, the legs yellowish flesh-colour, 

 the upper mandible brown, the lower brownish flesh- 

 colour. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



[As this species has not been figured, and as Professor Simde- 

 vall's description of it {loc. cit.) is not readily accessible in England, 

 I annex a copy of it : '' Superne cinerea, subtus tota pallide 

 fulvescens lunula juguli fusco-rufescente. Ala 55, tars. 21. Ros- 

 trum ])allidum culminc fusco, pedes pallidi, alsc et canda cinereo- 



