LUSCINID.E. 



fusca, tenuissime pallescenti marginatse. Macula juguli, colore 

 obscuro, maculam adustam refert. Aclulta3 quoque in genis 

 eodem colore tinctae. Penna 1. brevis, 2. = 7. — Hab. in Caffraria 

 Superiori (25°)/'— Ed.] 



122. Calamodjrta arundinacea (Linn.). Thrush-like Reed- 

 Warbler. 



Salicaria turdoides, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 106. 

 Calamodyta arundinacea, Layard's Cat. No. 178. 



This bird bears some resemblance to the British 

 species, but seems much larger. I found it plentiful in 

 the reedy marshes at Omanbonde. It was always sing- 

 ing, but on the approach of danger immediately retired 

 to the thickest parts of its reedy resorts. 



[The above note is merely headed by Mr. Andersson '' Reed- 

 Warbler/' but I believe it is intended to apply to this species, 

 as, although I did not meet with any examples of it in Mr. 

 Andersson's last collection, Mr. Layard writes {loc. cit.) : — '^ Mr. 

 Andersson brought specimens from Damara Land apparently 

 identical with a European bird in the South- African Museum." 

 —Ed.] 



123. Calamodyta bseticata (Yicill.). Isabelle Eeed- Warbler. 

 risabelle, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 121. fig. 2. 

 Sylvia bceticata, Vieillot's Nouv. Diet. vol. xi. p. 195. 

 Calamodyta h<eticula, Layard's Cat. No. 175. 

 Calamodyta rnfescens, Layard's Cat. No. 176. 

 Calamoherpe rnfescens, Gurney in Ibis, 1869, p. 292. 

 Calamodyta baticula, Layard in Ibis, 1869, pp. 365 & 366. 

 Calamodyta bceticata, Ibis, 1869, p. 365 (note). 

 Calamoherpe bceticata, Sbarpe's Cat. No. 305. 



I have obtained this bird on a few occasions in 

 Damara Land ; it feeds on small worms, aquatic insects, 

 &c. 



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