98 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



[This species has not been figured. ED.] 



121. Eremomela USticollis, Sund. Brown-throated Bush-chirper. 



Eremomela usticollis, Sundevall, Ofvers. 1850, p. 102. 



Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 2853. 



Sharpe's Cat. No. 316. 



I first obtained an example of this species at Objim- 

 binque, on June 7th, 1866 ; it was shot whilst hopping 

 amongst the branches of a lofty tree ; and I have since 

 obtained several other specimens. 



The iris is lemon-colour, the legs yellowish flesh-colour, 

 the upper mandible brown, the lower brownish flesh- 

 colour. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 47 44 



Length of folded wing ...22 22 



tarsus 10 10 



middle toe .... 5 05 



tail 09 09 



bill 07 07 



[As this species has not been figured,, and as Professor Sunde- 

 valPs description of it (loc. cit.) is not readily accessible in England, 

 I annex a copy of it : " Superne cinerea, subtus tota pallide 

 fulvescens lunulajuguli fusco-rufescente. Ala 55, tars. 21. Ros- 

 trum pallidum culmine fusco, pedes pallidi, alse et cauda cinereo- 



