184 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length G 0^ 



Length of folded wing 3 



„ tarsus 9 



„ middle toe 6 



tail 2 6 



bill 7 



[The specimen from which the above measurements were 

 taken by Mr. Andersson is now in tlie collection of Mr. R. B. 

 Sharpe. 



This species has not been figured. — Ed.] 



225. Poliospiza crOCOpygia, Sharpe. Damara Yellow-rumped 

 Grosbeak. 



Poliospiza crocojnjgia, Shai-pe, in Ibis, 1871, p. 101. 

 „ „ Sharpe's Cat. no. 646. 



This species is sparingly met with in Damara and 

 Great Namaqua Land ; it is generally seen about rocks 

 in the immediate neighbourhood of water, to which it 

 resorts in small flocks in the morning and evening 

 to quench its thirst. Its food consists of seeds and 

 berries. 



The iris is dark brown ; the upper mandible very pale 

 brown, and the lower still paler ; the legs and toes 

 slaty brown. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



