34 PASSERES. 



a $ Cape of Good Hope (A. Strickland) 1833. 

 Considered by Strickland to be either S. sperata, Lath, or S. 

 familiaris Steph. 



160. Saxicola bifasciata. 



Saxicola bifasciata, Temm. PI. Col. 472. f. 2: Blanf. & 

 Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 239. 



Sylvia hottentota, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 965. 



a S. Africa (N. C. Strickland) 1838. b Damara-land (C. J. 

 Andersson) 1852. 



In their paper on Birds from Damara-land (Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 

 146), Strickland and Sclater identify this bird with Gmelin's S. hotten- 

 tota, but Blanford and Dresser state that they found it quite 

 impossible to determine the ' Grand Motteux du Cap de B. Esperance,' 

 of Buffon upon which Gmelm bestowed his name. 



161 Saxicola infhscata. 



Saxicola infuscata, Smith, Zool. S. Afr. t. 28 : Gurney, in 

 And. B. Damara-1. p. 107. 



Saxicola sp. Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 146. No. 29. 

 a Damara-land (C. J. Andersson) 1852. 



MYRMECOCICHLA. 



Myrmecocichla, Cabanis, Mus. Hem. i. p. 8 (1850). 



162. Myrmecocichla formicivora. 



Saxicola formicivora, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. 

 p. 421. 



Myrmicocichla formicivora, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 110. 

 a S. Africa (Askew) 1834. 



163. Myrmecocichla sethiops. 



Myrmecocichla cethiops, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 8 (ex Liclit. 



MS.). 



a S. Africa (Thomas) 1842. 



Tins specimen agrees best with examples in the British Museum 

 bearing this name. 



