82 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Parus kucopterus, Layard's Cat. No. 211. 

 Parus niger, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 398. 

 Sharpe's Cat. No. 333. 



This Tit is to be met with, though more sparingly 

 than the preceding species, in Damara Land and in the 

 neighbourhood of the Okavango Eiver and of Lake 

 Ngami; it is, however, more frequent in the last two 

 districts than in Damara Land proper, and in Great 

 Namaqua Land I have never observed it. It is generally 

 found in pairs, searching amongst the larger trees for 

 insects and their larvae ; it also feeds on seed. The female 

 is distinguished from the male by her inferior size and 

 duller plumage. The irides are dark brown, the bill 

 dark horn-colour, the legs and toes greenish lead-colour. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 59 66 



Length of folded wing ... 3 2 2 10 



tarsus 09 09 



middle toe .... 6 06 



tail 29 28 



bill 6 ...... 6 



LUSCINIDJE. 



102. Drymoica maculosa (Bodd.). Cape Drymoica. 



Drymoica capensis, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 76. fig. 1. 



Andersson, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 7. 



Layard's Cat. No. 161. 



Drymoica maculosa, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 2731. 

 Drymceca maculosa, Sharpe's Cat. No. 277. 



I have reason to think that this bird is common in 

 some of the southern parts of Great Namaqua Land ; 



