PARID^E ^GITHALUS 313 



Anthoscopus caroli, Gurney in Andersson's B. Damara Land, p. 80 

 (1872) ; SJiarpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr, pp. 327, 834 (1884). 



" N'Kilo " of the Matabilis (Ayres). 



Description. Adult male. Similar to ^githalus capensis but 

 paler ; the back olive-grey merging into reddish-buff on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts brown with paler edges ; quills 

 dark brown edged with grey ; tail-feathers the same : forehead dull 

 white, the feathers tipped with grey ; side of face dull white, ear- 

 coverts darker ; throat and breast dull white merging into reddish- 

 buff on the abdomen, flanks and under tail-coverts ; under wing- 

 coverts dull white. 



Iris brown ; bill, legs and feet slate-colour. 



Length 3-50; wing 2-00; tail 1-30; tarsus 0-55; culmen 3*38. 



Adult female. Slightly smaller but similar to the male in 

 colour. 



Distribution. From Swaziland and Portuguese East Africa to 

 Mashona and Matabililands, ranging northward to North Nyasa- 

 land, and westward through the Ngami District to Damara Land. 



