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edges of the quill- feathers pale' ; centre tail-feathers black, 

 the outer edges greenish, the rest of the tail-feathers bright 

 yellow, broadly tipped with black ; the outer pair margined 

 exteriorly with the same ; under parts all bright yellow ; 

 eye black. Length, 6" ; wing, 3" 4'" ; tail, 2" 9'". 



Sent from Blanco by Mr. Atmore, who writes tliat "it is very 

 scarce." Le Vaillant states that it builds, in a fork of a low branch, 

 a nest of woven grass, intermixed with lichens, the inside lined with 

 very small rootlets. Eggs four ; green, spotted with red. 



285. Musicapa Ruficapillus ; Pindaius Rufi- 



capillus, Hartl. Ibis Vol. 1862, p. 153; Pogono- 

 cichla Rujlcapilla, Sunde. ; Culicipeta Itujicapilla, 

 Grill. 



Top of head rufous, blended into green on the back ; a black 

 stripe extends from the corner of the bill through the eye, 

 above which is a yellow stripe, while beneath and under the 

 chin, throat, and breast, it is all yellow ; flanks cinereous ; 

 tail and wing feathers edged with green. Length, 4" ; wing, 

 2" i'" ; tail, I" 8'". 



From Swellendam (Cairncross), Traka (Atmore), ISTatal (Ayres) ; but 

 it is one of our rarest species. Mr. Atmore says it resembles Drymoeca 

 in its habits. 



[The following ten species have been reported by various 

 authors to be natives of Southern Africa ; but it is pretty 

 well ascertained that not one of them really exists there. It 

 is probable that the type specimens described may have come 

 to Europe mingled with others from the Cape, and in this 

 way acquired " a local habitation and (too often) a name " to 

 which they were not in any way entitled.] 



286. MuSCicapa Afra, Gmel.; Cuvier. Vol. 1. 

 p. 830. 



DuLL-yellowish, black spotted ; crown red, with black stripes ; 

 tail and wings rufous, the latter margined with fuscous ; on 

 the side of the neck two or three black marks; from the 

 angle of the mouth, a black stripe. 



Habitat South Africa. — Cuvier. (loc. cit.) 



