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(measured in flesh) 8G inches, wing 4-3, culmen 7. Iris 

 red ; bill orange ; legs and feet yellowish flesh-colour. 



A very shy bird, frequenting ground underneath thick 

 undergrowth. The song is pretty and of a babbling 

 nature. 



108. Saxicola falrensteini (Cab.). 



A single specimen near Tete on Aug. 17. ^Yhen observed, 

 the bird was busy catching flies after the manner of a Fly- 

 catcher. 



Adult ? . Total length (measured in flesh) 5'4 inches, wing 

 2 9. Iris hazel ; Inll black ; legs and feet brown. 



By the discovery of this species on the Zambesi, its range 

 has been considerably inci'eased. Dr. Fischer obtained it on 

 the Victoria Nyanza in 1885, while the only specimen in 

 the British Museum is from Mpapwa, in the Ugogo region. 



109. Saxicola CENANTHE (Linn.). 



A male in winter plumage obtained at Zumbo on Jan. 16. 

 "We are unable to find any previous record of this Wheatear 

 being found in winter so far south as the Zambesi. 



110. Saxicola livingstonii (Tristram). 



An adult male obtained on Aug. 9 at Tete out of a party 

 of four. Another male at Mesanangue on Aug. 18, and a 

 young bird in its first plumage, shot beyond Zumbo on 

 Dec. 28. . 



Adult S • Total length (measured in flesh) 5-55 inches, wing 

 3*4. Iris, bill, legs, and feet black. 



In our two males the amount of black on the crown, sidos 

 of neck, and breast varies considcraljly. 



111. Thamnol^a arnotti (Tristram). 



Towards evening on July 27 we landed on the left bank of 

 the Zambesi about twenty miles beyond Senna. The nature 

 of the locality was flat, the foreground near the river covered 

 with high dead grass, which in the distance gave way to thin 

 undergrowth and scattered deciduous trees that became more 

 numerous at the foot of a chain of hills. 



Just as dusk Avas closing in we caught sight of a party of 



