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principally in rocky places about Table Mountain, and the face of 
_ the hills overhanging Simon’s Bay and Kalk Bay. It appears to be 
a frequent species at Swellendam; and we have received it from 
_ Beaufort, Graham’s Town, and Colesberg. Mr. Rickard states that 
it is common at Port Elizabeth, where it is not at all shy and 
frequents the roofs of the houses. He writes:—“I have often 
heard them sing at S. Paul’s Church during service.” Mr. T. C. 
Atmore has procured it near Hope Town. In Natal, says Mr. Ayres, 
“these birds are found in the open country and are generally seen 
perched on some low hillock or stone. They are solitary and not at 
all plentiful. Their food consists of small insects.” According to 
our own experience, itis a shy and wary bird, keeping well out of 
gun-shot when pursued, flitting from rock to rock, running up their 
sloping surfaces, and keeping a good look-out from the extreme 
summit. It feeds on insects, but often takes a little vegetable food. 
In its nidification it resembles the preceding species and its eggs 
are also similar, as might have been expected. In size the present 
bird is smaller than M. rupestris, and has the back blue-grey instead 
of brown; on the lower surface the blue extends on to the fore- 
neck. r 
Head, neck, breast, throat, back, and shoulders, blue-grey ; rump, 
belly, and vent, orange-red, inclining to buff on the vent and thigh ; 
wing and outer tail-feathers deep brown, the former edged with light 
rufous; outer tail-feathers, orange-red, more or less marked with 
brown. Bill, tarsi, and feet, black ; iris, dark-hazel (Ayres). Total 
length, 7 inches; culmen, 0°85; wing, 3°75; tail, 2°5; tarsus, 1-3. 
Fig. le Vaill., Ois. d’Afr., pl. 103. 
205. MontTicoLa BREVIPES. Short-footed Rock-Thrush. 
This Rock-Thrush, which was originally discovered by Sir J. 
Alexander during his expedition to Damara Land, occurred plenti- 
fully in the late Mr. Andersson’s collections from the same country. 
He writes:—“‘ Tis species is not uncommon throughout Great 
Namaqua Land and the southern parts of Damara Land ; and in one 
year I found it particularly abundant at Otjimbinque. In its habits 
and manners it resembles Sawicola monticola, and, like it, is partial 
to localities of a rocky nature, as also to abandoned “ werfts” and 
villages. It is rather a voracious feeder, preying on all kinds of 
