134 BIRDS OF DAMAEA LAND. 



Campephaga niger, Layard's Cat. No. 296. 

 Campephaga nigra, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 5058. 

 Lanicterus niger, Sharpe's Cat. No. 497. 



I first observed this species, though but very sparingly, 

 in the neighbourhood of the Okavango River; but I never 

 saw it in Damara Land proper or in Great Namaqua 

 Land. It is a migratory bird, and I found it exceed- 

 ingly shy and difficult to approach. I generally observed 

 it moving about in the upper parts of large trees. 



[I have followed Mr. Layard and Mr. Gray, loc. cit., in re- 

 ferring Levaillant's Echenilleur jaune to the female of this 

 species ; but it is possible that it ought rather to be referred to 

 the female of C. melanoxantha, which closely resembles the 

 female of C. nigra ; this, however, is a point which must probably 

 remain an open one. Mr. R. B. Sharpe possesses a specimen of 

 this Caterpillar-eater, which was obtained by Mr. Andersson at 

 Elephant's Vley. ED.] 



170. Ceblepyris pectorallS, Jard. & S. Pectoral Caterpillar-eater. 

 Ceblepyris pectoralis, Jardine & Selby, 111. of Orn. pi. 57 (male). 

 Campephaga Anderssoni, Sharpe, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. 1869, pL 4 



(female). 



Ceblepyris perforates, Sharpe, in Ibis, 1870, p. 432. 

 Campephaga pectoralis, Sharpe's Cat. No. 503. 



[Mr. Andersson's last collection contained one specimen 

 of this species, a female, from Ovaquenyama, obtained June 25th, 

 1867, which was described and figured by Mr. Sharpe, loc. cit., 

 under the name of C. Anderssoni, but was subsequently identified 

 as a female example of C. pectoralis. ED.] 



LANIIRflS. 



171. Lanius minor, Gmel. European Lesser Grey Shrike. 



Collurio minor, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 68. 

 Lanius minor) Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 1852, 

 p. 144. 



