116 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



146. TurduS olivacetlS, Linn. Olivaceous Thrush. 



Le Grivroti, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pis. 98 & 99. 

 Turdus olivaceus, Layard's Oat. No. 240. 

 Sharpe's Cat. No. 188. 



Messrs. J. and H. Chapman brought away specimens 

 of this Thrush from the Lake-regions ; but I have never 

 met with it to the west of the Lake-country. It is 

 one of the commonest species in the Cape Colony, 

 where it is partially migratory, being found most 

 abundantly at the grape- and fruit-season ; it is fond of 

 almost all kinds of fruit, but when these fail it subsists 

 on beetles and other insects. Its flesh is well-tasted. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female. 



in. tin. in. lin. 



Entire length 82 8 10 



Length of folded wing ...47 46 



tarsus 1 ..... 1 3 



middle toe ....08 09 



tail 40 35 



bill 10 13 



[Mr. Sharpe possesses a specimen of this Thrush from Lake 

 Ngami, and another from the Orange River. ED.] 



147. MontlCOla brevipes, Waterh. Short-footed Rock-Thrush. 



Monticola brevipes, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 147. 



Petrocincla explorator, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 399. 

 Monticola brevipes, Sharpe's Cat. No. 229. 



This species is not uncommon throughout Great 

 Namaqua Land and the southern parts of Damara 

 Land ; and in one year I found it particularly abundant 

 at Objimbinque. In its habits and manners it resembles 

 Saxicola monticola, and, like it, is partial to localities of 



