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202. SaxiCOia Aurantia; Vitifiora Aurantia, 

 Shaw,, Vol. 10, p. 527; Sylvia Aurantia, Lath.; 

 Motacilla Aurantia., Gmel. 



Upper parts, dark-brown; beneath, orange- coloured ; throat 

 whitish, varied with black beneath ; the greater wing- 

 coverts and tail white ; the feathers of the latter fuscous ; 

 the outer ones tipped with white. Length, 6". 



"Inliabits the Cape of Good Hope." — Sliaw, loc. cit. non, vidi. 

 Another unknown species, which has baffled my attempts at identifi- 

 cation. 



203. Saxicola Oursoria, vieii., Ency. Meth. p, 



493 ; Le Traquet d calotte et queue blanche, Le Vail., 

 Pi. 190 ; Sax. Leucomelana, Burch. Trav., 1, p. 385 ; 

 Vitifiora Tachydroma, Boie. 



General colour, black ; head, from the bill to the occiput, 

 white ; vent and tail white, with the exception of the two 

 middle feathers of the latter, which are black. Length, 

 8'" 3'". 



Le Vaillant names the district where he procured this remarkable 

 bird Nameroo. He states that it frequents arid plains, where it lives in 

 the most solitary manner, fleeing from the approach of the hunter, and 

 concealing itself with the greatest dexterity. It lives chiefly on grass- 

 hoppers, and prefers running on the ground to flying. Since Lo 

 VaiUant, no one has found this species ; and it is doubtful if it 

 exists. 



204. Saxicola Mariquensis ; Bradomis Mari- 



quensis, Smith, Zool. S. Af., PI. 113. 



Upper parts, a dull pale-brown, with, in some lights, a 

 slight shade of green ; wing and tail-feathers narrowly edged 

 with rusty-white ; under parts white, tinted in some places 

 with wood-brown ; bristles at the angle of mouth, liver- 

 brown. Length, 6" 4'"; wing, 3" 6'" ; tail, 3" 4'". 



In the young, the colours are much the same as in the 

 adult ; but the upper parts are spotted with white, the lower 

 mottled with longitudinal liver-brown stripes. 



'* Seek their food generally in dense thickets, and when in quest of 

 it, move languidly from branch to branch. Their food consists of 

 insects."— Dr. A. Smith, loc. cit. 



I have received a single specimen of this species from Kuruman. 



