92 BIRDS OF DAMAEA LAND. 



114. Aedon leilCOphryS (Vieill.). White-browed Aedon. 



Erythropygia pectoralis, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 49. 



Aedon leucophrys, Gurney, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 2. 



AZdon leucophrys, Layard's Cat. No. 182. 



Erythropygia pectoralis, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 398. 



Aedon leucophrys, Sharpe's Cat. No. 269. 



This is a pretty common species in the middle and 

 northern parts of Damara Land, and also further to the 

 northward, being very common near Ombongo. During 

 the pairing- and breeding-season it occasionally sings 

 most exquisitely ; and it, moreover, has the power of 

 imitating almost every other bird to be found in its 

 vicinity. It forms its nest, in November and December, 

 on the lower branches of small bushes, rarely more than 

 one or two feet from the ground ; the nest is composed 

 of rough grasses, and is lined with material of the same 

 kind, but of a softer texture. The eggs are two in 

 number. 



115. Aedon paena (Smith). Smith's Aedon. 



Erythropygia paena, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 50. 

 jEdon pcena, Layard's Cat. No. 181. 

 Aedon paena, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 2982. 

 Erythropygia pcena, Chapman's Travels in S. Air., App. p. 398. 

 Aedon pcena, Sharpe's Cat. No. 270. 



This bird is pretty generally distributed over Damara 

 and Great Namaqua Land and the parts adjacent. Its 

 habits are exactly like those of the preceding species ; 

 and I know no birds which they both resemble so greatly 

 in manner, habits, food, &c. as those of the genus Saxi- 

 cola. The present species spends much of its time 

 on the ground and amongst the roots of bushes ; it runs 



