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AEDON P@NA. 253 
Senor Anchieta has forwarded it from Humbe, on the Cunene 
river, where, he states, it is called by the natives “ Piria.” 
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. Irides 
hazel. Length, 6’ 3” ; wing, 2’’ 9”’; tail, 3” 1””. 
Fig. Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr, Aves, pl. 49. 
239. AEDON P@NA. Sir Andrew Smith’s Warbler. 
Sir Andrew Smith, who discovered this species, does not indicate 
the locality where he procured it, but we have received it from Mr. 
Moffat at Kuruman. Mr. Ortlepp has also procured it near Coles- 
berg, and Mr. T. C. Atmore met with it in Griqua Land in May, 
1871. Mr. Buckley observes :—* Common throughout the north of 
the Transvaal and in the Bamangwato district, where they may be 
found along the banks of the sand rivers; they are very tame.” 
We have recently received it from the neighbourhood of Potchefs- 
troom, through the kindness of Dr. Exton of Bloemfontein, who 
sent us four specimens. Mr. Ayres says that in the Transvaal they 
are “by no means plentiful; and the two I obtained were very shy 
and difficult to approach. Their stomachs contained insects. This 
species is found amongst thorn-trees and high grass, and when in 
motion constantly jerks the tail, showing to advantage the broad 
white tips of the feathers.” We extract the following note from 
Mr. Andersson’s work: “This bird is pretty generally distributed 
over Damara and Great Namaqua Land and the parts adjacent. Its 
habits are exactly like those of the preceding species ; and I know 
no birds which they both resemble so greatly in manner, habits, 
food, &c. as those of the genus Sawicola. The present species 
spends much of its time on the ground and amongst the roots of 
bushes; it runs with great swiftness, and raises and droops its tail in 
quick succession, but does not expand it; at times it stands quite 
vertically, with its whole body vibrating with excitement, whilst it 
rapidly utters a succession of harsh, jarring chirps. 
«Two nests of this species, taken on the 5th and 6th of January, 
contained two eggs each: the nests were composed of grass, and 
