8i Mr. B. Alexander — An OniilhoJon'tcdl 



It does not affect thick woods, but rather hilly ground of 

 a stony nature that is sparsely covered with brushwood. 

 We oi)tained tlic majority of specimens at Zumbo in 

 December, which was then the breeding-season, the male 

 being more often noticed. It had a habit of sitting on 

 the tops of trees and the prominent branches of saplings 

 that grew out of the undergrowth, and from these look-out 

 posts would pour out its by no means unpleasant song, 

 with especial frequency after rain had fallen. 



A male obtained in August in fresh plumage has the 

 blackish streaks on the fore-neck and chest less well defined 

 than in birds obtained in November and December, when 

 the streaks to the feathers have become thicker and more 

 arrow-shaped, imparting to the breast a very streaky and 

 dark appearance, the broad sandy-rufous edgings to the 

 secondaries are narrowed through abrasion, while the feathers 

 of the crown have dark shaft-lines. In the breeding-season 

 the feathers, es})ecially of the breast, become much worn. 

 The very rufous colour of the tail and rump is conspicuous 

 in flight and affords no chance of mistaking the bird for any 

 other. 



Adult S (Aug. 15). Total length (measured in flesh) 5'8 

 inches, wing 2'6, cnlmen 05, tail 2'7. Iris hazel ; bill dark 

 brown ; base of lower mandible light horn-colour; legs and 

 feet brownish flesh-colour. 



Adult c? (Nov. 8). Total length (measured in flesh) 5'6 

 inches, wing 2*65, culmen 0"54, tail 2'72. 



Adult ? (Nov. 16). Total length (measured in flesh) 5 

 inches, wing 2"4, culmen 0"41, tail 2'4'. 



Adult ? (Dec. 16). Total length (measured in flesh) 5'1 

 inches, wing 2"45, culmen 0*42, tail 2'5. 



102. Ervthkopygia quadrivikgata (Reichen.). 



Only one specimen obtained and observed of this rare 

 Chat-Thrush. We procured it near the Kafue river in 

 thick woodland. Owing to the shy nature of the bird, we 

 experienced much difficulty in getting within gunshot. 



Aialt ? (Jan. 1, 1899). Feathers much worn. Total length 



