286 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
brown ; under wing-coverts dull greyish-brown, like the quill lining. 
Total length, 5°8 inches; culmen, 0°55; wing, 2°15; tail, 3-4; 
tarsus, 0°9. ‘ 
Fig. Hartlaub, Ibis 1866, pl. vi. 
270. Brapyprerus pracuyprerus. Stripe-throated Reed-Warbler. 
Bradypterus platyurus and B. sylvaticus, Layard, B. 8. Afr. 
This species is the ‘ Pavaneur’ of Le Vaillant, and is distinguished 
by the very distinct blackish streaks on the throat, the latter being 
white, and by the light fulvous edgings to the wing-coverts, these. 
being especially distinct on the primary-coverts. 
Le Vaillant states that he discovered this bird in the marshes which 
occur near Plettensberg Bay and throughout the whole of Outeni- 
qualand. It is common in the yleys about Worcester and Swel- 
lendam, and is also found near Wynberg, Cape Town, &. We 
obtained it ourselves at the Berg River, and we have received it from 
Mr. Moffat at Kuruman. Dr. Exton has lately sent us a pair from 
the neighbourhood of Potchefstroom, and, according to Mr. Thomas 
Ayres, it is common amongst the high grass and rushes of the 
swamps in the Transvaal. 
Adult male.—General colour dark rufous brown, the rufous 
slightly more pronounced on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 
wings blackish-brown, the coverts conspicuously lighter edged with 
fulvous brown, especially distinct on the primary coverts and the 
outermost of the greater series; tail blackish-brown, all the feathers 
externally washed wish rufous brown, the outer ones haying con- 
spicuous lighter brown tips, the centre feathers more rufescent, all 
the rectrices obscurely waved under certain lights; lores dull whitish 
with a dusky spot in front of the eye; round the eye a ring of 
whitish feathers; ear-coverts greyish-brown with whitish shaft- 
streaks; cheeks buffy-white mottled with brown; sides of neck 
paler brown than the back; throat and centre of the body white ; 
the sides of the body rufescent brown, inclining to dull tawny on 
the thighs and under tail-coverts; lower throat with a few tiny 
longitudinal streaks of dusky brown; upper breast slightly washed — 
with brown; under wing-coverts whitish, the outermost mottled 
with brown bases to the feathers; the inner lining of the quills 
ashy-brown, with paler margins near the base of the inner webs; 
“pill dark slate colour; feet and legs pale; iris dusky hazel.” (MS. 
