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the throat ; entire back clear light ashy brown, many of the feathers 
shading off into whitish on their edges; wings dark brown, the 
coverts and quills very narrowly edged with lighter brown, the 
quills darker brown than the coverts; tail dark brown, the feathers 
with very narrow edgings of lighter brown; throat and entire 
breast white; abdomen and under tail-coverts light ashy brown, the 
thighs and under wing-coyerts rather darker ashy brown; “ bill 
blackish horn-colour ; legs and toes a livid brown; iris brown ” 
(Andersson). Total length, 9 inches; culmen, 0°8; wing, 5°35; tail, 
4-4; tarsus 1:05. 
Adult female.—Similar to the male. Total length, 8°5 inches ; 
wing, 5°35; tail, 4°4; tarsus, 1. 
Young.—Much paler on the back than the adult; lores and 
anterior parts of cheeks very pale brown ; sides of neck white ; ear- 
coverts whitish and mottled with brown; under surface of body 
whitish, with a wash of pale brown on the abdomen and thichs. 
383. BRADYORNIS MARIQUENSIS. Mariqua Wood-Shrike. 
Sazxicola mariquensis, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 209. 
Sir Andrew Smith discovered this species in the interior, where he 
found it seeking its food generally in dense thickets, and, when in 
quest of it, moving languidly from branch to branch. We have 
received a single specimen from Kuruman, and Mr. Ortlepp 
has found it at Colesberg. A single male was collected in Griqua- 
land by Mr. T. C. Atmore, when en route for the Diamond Fields, 
and Mr. Buckley met with it in the Transvaal and in Bamangwato. 
Mr. Ayres writes :—“I noticed two of these Flycatchers on my 
way to the Limpopo, and two others near the junction of that river 
with the Mariqua; they appeared to have much the habits of the 
common English Flycatcher.” According to Mr. Andersson “ this 
species is very common throughout Damara Land and Great Namaqua 
Land, and is very partial to burnt ground ; it usually watches for its 
prey from some elevated position, whence it pounces on any coming 
within reach. It appears to me a true Flycatcher in its habits, or a 
Butcher bird. Ihave met with its newly fledged young in March 
and April.” 
Senor Anchieta has met with it at Humbe, where it is called Katena. 
This species is easily recognized by its light brown upper surface ; 
the under surface is dull white, and the under wing-coverts are white. 
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