AEDON CORYPH@A. 251 
going in pairs, male and female. We found it breeding at the 
Berg River in September. The nest was like that of Motacilla 
capensis and was placed in a head of rank grass near the river-side. 
' Eggs three, light verditer blue indistinctly clouded with faint 
reddish markings which coalesce and form a ring at the obtuse end: 
axis 9”. diam. 7”. 
Adult male.—Head and half way down the throat black, sprinkled 
with yellow; lower throat and breast rufous; sides of the neck, 
shoulders and rump white; belly and flanks pale rufous; eyes dark 
hazel. Female less brilliant in colour. Length 5” 6”; wing 3”; 
tail, 1” 9”. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 180. 
237. AnDON CORYPH@A. Coryphée Warbler. 
Bradypterus coripheus, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 100 (1867). 
This bird, which is called by the colonists ‘ Bosch-creeper,’ and 
‘Katlachter’ (‘Slang verclicker’ of some), is common throughout 
the colony. Victorin procured it in the Karroo in December and 
January, and according to Mr. Rickard it is common at Port Eliza- 
beth. Mr. T. C. Atmore sent specimens from Hopetown. Mr. 
Andersson gives the following note :—“ I do not remember to have 
seen this species in Damara Land, but I first observed it in the 
central part of Great Namaqua Land, and from thence southward it 
became more abundant. It seems partial to low bushes, and may be 
seen running along the ground from one bush to another with 
wonderful rapidity ; it also usually adopts this mode of endeavouring 
to make its escape when pursued. The male has a very agreeable 
song during the breeding season; it is very brusque in its move- 
ments, and frequently utters a chirping noise, at the same time 
elevating and spreading its tail Peacock-fashion over its back. The 
food of this species consists of insects and berries.” It frequents 
bush-covered land, and well deserves its trivial colonial name, being 
always found running about the lower parts of the shrubs, very 
rarely flying over the tops of them. It nests also at the foot of a 
bush, forming a cup-shaped, rather flat structure, composed of hair, 
wool, and bents of dry grass. The eggs are a lovely verditer, 
irregularly blotched with brown and usually laid in September. 
Axis 9” ; diam, 6”. 
