162 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



ear-coverts, and extending down on each side of the neck so 

 as to form a border to the grey head ; the rest of the back 

 olive-brown, the rump irregularly mottled with white, which 

 shows more conspicuously on the disarrangement of the fea- 

 thers ; upper tail-coverts glossy greenish black, with a white 

 tip ; least wing-coverts olive-brown like the back, the greater 

 ones darker, the medium and the inner greater coverts bright 

 orange-rufous ; quills dark brown, the inner secondaries tipped 

 with white, the outer secondaries broadly edged with orange- 

 rufous, continuous with the coverts, which are similarly 

 coloured ; tail black, with a very slight greenish gloss, the 

 feathers more or less broadly tipped with white, the outer 

 feathers margined externally with a broad white line ; entire 

 throat and sides of neck pure white ; fore part of chest black, 

 forming a very broad pectoral band, slightly tinged on the 

 sides with olive-brown, some of the lower feathers slightly 

 margined with white ; centre of belly and under tail-coverts 

 white; sides of body bright orange-rufous; tibial plumes 

 blackish; under wing-coverts white, the outermost small 

 coverts brown ; bill and feet black ; iris yellow. Total length 

 3*9 inches, culmen 05, wing 2 2, tail 1*65, tarsus 0*65. 



Adult female. Forehead and eyebrow whitish, but otherwise 

 very similar to the male on the upper parts. Underneath 

 white, with a patch of orange-rufous occupying nearly the 

 whole of the throat ; upper part of breast and sides of body 

 rich orange-rufous, deepening into rust-colour on the pec- 

 toral band. 



Young female. Entirely olive-brown above, and having the 

 rufous on the under surface much paler. In one specimen 

 in my collection the bird is assuming the grey head, and the 

 pectoral band is becoming deep rusty as in the adult. 



Hab. Cape Colony and Natal. 



Both sexes of this species are easily recognizable by their 

 rufous flanks. 



Specimens examined. 



Mus. Brit. — a, b. Cape of Good Hope. c. Cape Colony 

 (S. Afr. Mus.). d. Cape Colony (Rev. H. J. Philipps). e. 

 Cape Colony (Reginald Warren) . f. Natal (T. Ayres). 



