680 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
I have never found the eggs of Rhynchea.’ It was procured by 
Mr. Jameson’s expedition at Inshlangeen River, and at Selenia Pan, 
! ut was only met with on these two occasions. Mr. Andersson gives 
the accompanying note on this species: “The Painted Snipe is 
sparingly found in Great Namaqua Land; but in Damara Land it is 
very common, a pair or two being almost always to be found where- 
ever the ground is swampy. It is also common on all the watersheds 
north and east of Damara Land; and it is pretty common in 
Ondonga, where it breeds, making no nest, but usually laying its 
eggs near the water ; these are from three to four in number, of a 
very dark colour, freely blotched with black. Though partial to 
marshy ground this species is also found on the sides of little rills 
and running springs. It lies close, like a Snipe, but is very different 
on the wing, its flight being heavy and comparatively slow ; moreover 
it flies but a short distance before it alights. It lives singly or in 
pairs; but a dozen birds may sometimes be found scattered over a 
small marsh within a short distance of each other. It seems to feed 
chiefly on insects ; and its flesh is very palatable.’ Senor Anchieta 
has forwarded several specimens to the Lisbon Museum from 
Benguela, Capangombe, Huilla, and Quillengues: at Huilla it is 
called Xiahula. 
Male.—Head brown, slightly variegated with white; a yellow 
stripe passes from the base of the bill over the centre of the head, 
to the back of the neck ; a similar stripe rises immediately in front 
of each eye, passing to the back of the head ; two smaller stripes, 
bordered by black, extend from the shoulders, down the back, to 
the root of the tail ; neck greyish-brown, barred finely on the back 
portion with dark brown, on the anterior portion more coarsely with 
the same colour ; it is likewise here bisected by a white collar ; under 
parts all white ; the black beautifully marked with transverse black, 
white, and grey bars; the wings with numerous yellow semiocelli, 
edged with black. When extended, they expose numerous yellow 
or white ocelli, also edged with black, and also numerous black 
wavy transverse bars, chiefly on a slate-coloured ground ; the tail 
is similarly marked. The female, reversing the ordinary rules, is 
more brilliantly marked than the male. The eye-stripe is pure- 
white; the chin dirty-white; neck and breast deep dull rufous, 
succeeded by a broad black collar, and the pure white of the under 
parts broken only by a patch of black on each side. ‘The plumage 
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