102 BIRDS OF DAM ABA LAND. 



legs and toes are yellowish brown, but a narrow band at 

 the back of the legs and the soles of the feet are 

 orange-yellow. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



[Mr. Sharpe's collection contains specimens of this species 

 obtained by Mr. Andersson both in Damara Land and iu 

 Ovanipo Land. — Ed.] 



128. Pratincola torquata (Liun.). South-African Stonechat. 

 Le Traqud pain; Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 180. 

 Pratincola 2)astor, Layard's Cat. No. 207. 

 Saxicola rubicola, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App, p. 309. 

 Pratincola torquata, Gra3''s Hand-list of Birds, No. 3270. 

 „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 257. 



This bird is common in Little Namaqua Land ; but, to 

 the best of my recollection, I have never seen it either 

 in Great Namaqua or in Damara Land, though it is not 

 infrequent at Lake Ngami. Its habits are solitary, and 

 it is not often that two individuals are seen together. It 

 frequents low bush and marshy ground, perching on the 

 tops of bushes, tall grasses, and reeds, whence it descends 

 ill search of insects, which constitute its food, and 

 which it sometimes also captures on the wing, like a Fly- 

 catcher. 



