Species of South-African Birds. 5.'3 



obtained the most interesting of his specimens^ a full aceouut 

 of which he proposes to give in a separate paper. Many- 

 species hitherto supposed to be restricted to the coast-line of 

 Natal, are now found to extend much further in the interior ; 

 and his researches have therefore contributed in no small de- 

 gree to extend our knowledge of the geographical distribution 

 of the South- African avifauna. Two species obtained by him 

 appear to me to be undescribed. 



Andropadus flavostriatus, sp. n. 



Adult female. General colour above olive-brown, with some- 

 what of a yellowish tinge ; head dusky grey, the lores and 

 feathers round the eye greyish white ; ear-coverts grey, with 

 narrow white shaft-streaks ; cheeks greyish white ; throat 

 pure white ; rest of under surface whitish, the feathers edged 

 with greenish yellow, causing tiie breast to appear streaked 

 with that colour ; sides of the body dull greenish olive, deep- 

 ening on the lower flanks and under tail-coverts ; thighs 

 greenish olive ; under wing-coverts dull yellow, marked with 

 brown near the edge of the wing ; scapulars and least wing- 

 coverts coloured like the back ; rest of the wing brown, all 

 the feathers externally washed with olive, inclining to golden 

 brown on the outer webs of the secondaries ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail brown, strongly washed with olive-green ; " bill, 

 tarsi, and feet ash-colour ; iris ashy hazel/^ Total length 7"4! 

 inches, culmen '70, wing 3*45, tail 3'5, tarsus 1. 



Mr. Barratt obtained two specimens at Macamac on the 

 1st of July, 1874. Another example was obtained by Dr. 

 Kirk on the Shire river, and has been for some time in the 

 British Museum, without a name. It is quite possible that 

 the species may be ultimately placed in the genus Criniger ; 

 but it has the serrations in the bill as plain as most An- 

 dropadi, and, until the much-needed revision of the African 

 Bristle-necked Thrushes takes place, this species must be 

 placed near A. gracilirostris (Strickl.). 



Bradypterus barratti, sp. n. 



General colour chocolate-brown, rather more rufous on the 

 rump, and decidedly more so on the wings and tail, which are 



