.EGITHALUS CAHOLI. 253 



as I have not examined a specimen I feel I know nothing 

 about it. 



iEgithalus caroli. 



iEgithalus caroli, Sharps, Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii. p. 71, pi. 1, fig. 1 (1883) ; 



Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 345 (1887) ; id. Abhand. Brem. 1891, p. 18 



Usambiro ; Shelley B. Afr. I. No. 132 (1896) ; id. Ibis, 1897, p. 527 



Nyasa; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. i. p. 312 (1900); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, 



p. 233 Mashona. 

 Anthoscopus caroli (Sharpe), Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 257 Matabcle ; Sharpe, 



ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 327, 834 (1884) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1896, 



p. 244 Mashona. 

 iEgithalus capensis (nee 6m.) Beichen. Vog. Deutsch. O. Afr. p. 214 



(1894) Usambiro. 



Adult. Upper parts pale ashy brown ; a broad forehead and sides of 

 head whitish ; wings and tail brown with paler edges to the feathers ; throat 

 and front of chest white, shading into rufous buff on the abdomen, thighs 

 and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and inner edges of quills buffy 

 white. Bill dusky grey ; iris brown ; legs leaden grey. Total length 

 3 inches, culmen 0*35, wing 2, tail 1'15, tarsus 0'55. Swaziland, $ ,1.1. 76 

 (T. E. Buckley). 



Andersson's Penduline Tit inhabits Damaraland and eastern 

 Africa from Swaziland about 27° S. lat. to Usambiro, south 

 of Victoria Nyanza in about 3° S. lat. 



Charles Andersson discovered the species at Ovaquenyama 

 in Damaraland and collected specimens there in May, June 

 and August, and others at Elephant Vley in October. 



The most southern known range for this species in eastern 

 Africa is Swaziland, where Mr. T. B. Buckley shot two 

 specimens in July, which were formerly iu my collection. In 

 the neighbouring Lydenberg district Mr. H. F. Francis caught 

 a pair taking shelter together in a deserted Wax-bill's nest. 

 In Matabele, Messrs. Jameson and Ayres procured a specimen 

 at the G-anyani river in September, where it was known to 



