LUSCINID^. 99 



Genus ^DON, Boie. 

 Bill moderate and straight, with the culmen curved, and 

 much compressed to the tip, which is entire ; the gonys long 

 and slightly ascending ; the gape not furnished with bristles ; 

 the nostrils basal, pierced in a short broad groove, with the 

 opening exposed and oval. Wings moderate, with the first 

 quill short, and the second nearly as long as the third and 

 fourth, which are equal and longest ; tail lengthened and 

 rounded ; tarsi long, and covered in front with broad scales ; 

 toes short, with the inner toe shorter than the outer one ; 

 the latter is united at its base ; claws small, compressed, and 

 curved. 



181. ^don Poena; Erythropygm PoPMa, Sm., Z. 

 S. A., PI. 30. 



Head brown ; neck rusty-grey ; anterior half of back yel- 

 lowish-brown ; hinder part of back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and the basal two-thirds of tail, clear reddish* orange ; last 

 third of tail-feathers, liver-brown, edges rusty, four outer 

 ones of each side broadly tipped with white ; chin and throat 

 white ; breast, belly, and vent, pale cream-vellow. Length, 

 6" ; wing, 2" 9" ; tail, 2" 9'". 



" Inhabits arid districts, thinly covered with dwarf trees, among 

 the branches of which it seeks its food. Its movements, while flitting 

 from branch to branch, are rapid, and when resting or hunting for 

 insects, it is constantly watchful, always ready to take alarm and to 

 retreat when its haunt has once been discovered." — Dr A. Smith, loc. 

 cit. 



Dr. Smith does not indicate the locality where this bird was pro- 

 cured ; but I have received it from Mr. Mofiat at Kuruman. Mr. 

 Andersson procured specimens in Damaraland. 



182. ^don LeUCOphryS. (Vieillot.) Tardus 

 Fipiens, Steph. ; Tham7tobia Leucophrys, Cab. ; 

 Erythropygia Pectoralis, Smith, Zool. S. A£, PI. 49 ; 

 Le Grievetin, Le Vail., No. 118, PI. 49. 



Brown above ; posterior part of back and rump, deep reddish- 

 orange ; chin, middle of abdomen, and vent, pale cream- 

 colour ; breast light sienna-yellow, streaked with umber- 

 brown ; wing feathers edged with greyish-white ; eyebrows 

 pale cream-colour ; tail liver-brown ; the feathers rusty at 

 their edges, and white at the tips, most visible on the outside 

 feathers ; all but obsolete on the two centre ones. Len»th, 

 B"3"'; wing, 2" 9'"; tail, 3" 1'". 



Inhabits arid districts thinly covered with dwarf trees, among the 

 branches of which it seeks its food, which consist of inseeta.— (Or. A. 



