94 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



breeding-season ; it is very brusque in its movements, 

 and frequently utters a chirping noise, at the same time 

 elevating and spreading its tail Peacock-fashion over its 

 back. 



The food of this species consists of insects and berries. 

 The irides are brown, the bill, legs, and toes blackish. 



My specimens are not so dark, especially in the upper 

 parts, as those from the Cape Colony. 



[This species was not contained in Mr. Andersson's Jast 

 collection ; but it was identified in a collection sent by him to 

 England some years previously, as I learn from a memorandum 

 left amongst his papers. ED.] 



117. Camaroptera Olivacea, Sund. Olivaceous Camaroptera. 



Camaroptera olivacea, Sundevall, OfVers. 1850, p 103. 



Gurney, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 



p. 2. 



Calamodyta otivacea, Layard's Cat. No. 180. 

 Camaroptera olivacea, Von Heuglin, in Ibis, 1869, p. 140. 

 Camaroptera brevicaudata, Sharpe's Cat. No. 309. 



This species is pretty common in the neighbourhood 

 of the Okavango River, and is also not uncommon in 

 Damara Land proper ; but I did not meet with it in Great 

 Namaqtia Land. It is a very tame bird, and hunts slowly 

 and with great care, examining alike, in quest of insects, 

 both thickets and the largest trees ; it generally carries 

 its wings slightly drooping when thus engaged, and its 

 tail raised at an angle of 45. 



The iris is light brown, the eyelids flesh-coloured, the 

 bill livid horn-colour, and the legs and toes brownish 

 flesh-colour. 



