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FKIENDS OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



The Sickle-winged Chat (Emarginata sinuata) is brown 

 above, shading into chestnut on the rump, and grey be- 

 low, tinged with brown on the chest. It can easily be 

 distinguished from the Familiar Chat, which it rather 

 closely resembles, by the sickle-shaped narrowing of 



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FIG. 10. Sickle- winged Chat on nest. 



the first primary (i.e., the first long wing-feather). This 

 bird is called the " Dagbreker " by the Boers (meaning 

 Daybreaker), a name which is, however, also applied to 

 the Familiar Chat in certain districts. 



It is found in Cape Colony, Orange Eiver Colony, 

 Bechuanaland and the Transvaal. It is not uncommon 

 in the Springfontein and Bloemfontein Districts of the 

 Orange Eiver Colony. 



