AND SOUTH WESTERN AFRICA. 227 



pyriforiu on the corresponding parts in litsitsirupa. I find 

 that this character holds still better than the buff tinge 

 on the lower surface , which is almost wanting in one of 

 our Abyssinian specimens. A true specimen of T. simensis 

 in our collection, very strongly tinged with buff underneath, 

 and having belonged to the former Cabinet of Temminck , 

 is said to come from Caffraria. 



60. Cossypha subrttfescens, Bocage. 



Cossypha heuglini, Sharpe , Birds S. Afr. pp. 227, 817; — Boc. 



Orn. d'Ang. p. 258. 

 Cossypha subrufescens , Boc. Oro. d'Ang. p. 552; — Sharpe Cat. 



Birds Br. Mus. VII, p. 41 ; id.. Birds S. Afr. p. 817. 



Two adult males, 1 April , Muhino, and 3 Sept., Otjipahe. 

 Iris dark brown , bill black , feet sooty brown. 



61. T h a m n I a e a a r n o tti^ Tristram. 



Saxicola arnotti, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 245; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. 

 p. 269. 



An adult male, 5 December, Umbella River. 

 Iris brown , bill and feet black. 



62. Saxicola leucomelaena, Burch. 



Saxicola leucomelaena, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 247; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 271. 



Immature male and female, 5 January, Mossamedes. 

 Iris brown , bill and feet black. -^ Contents of sto- 

 mach: Seeds. 



63. Fratincola torquata (Linn.). 



Pratiiicola torquata, Sharpe, Birds S. Atr. p. 250; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 274. 



Three adult males and one female, September and Oc- 

 tober, Humpata. 



Iris dark brown , bill and feet black. 



Notes from the Leyden ÜVIuseixni, Vol. X. 



