84 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



the gonys long and ascending ; the nostrils lateral, and placed 

 in a" broad groove, with the opening linear, and closed by a 

 membranous scale ; wings moderate, and rather pointed, 

 with the first quill wanting ; the second nearly as long as the 

 third and fourth, which are equal and longest ; tail short and 

 even ; tarsi longer than the middle toe, strong ; toes 

 moderate ; the outer one rather longer than the inner, and 

 united at the base ; the hind toe long and strong ; the claws 

 moderate, compressed, and curved. 



144. Diceum Rufescens. (Vieii) SyiviettaEu- 



fescens, Vieil. ; Lesson, Vol. 2, p. 1 9 ; Le Crombec, 

 Le Vail., . PL 135; Nectarinia Eubracana, Temm., 

 Certfiia Erythropygia, Lath. 



UPPER parts, brownish-grey; all the lower parts reddish, 

 deepest on the vent ; bill long and curved, clear- brown ; legs 

 rather more red. 



Le Vaillant found this bird about the banks of the Orange River, in 

 Great Namaqualand, among the mimosa trees, amid the branches of 

 which it hops in search of insects. 



I have received specimens from Graaff-Reinet, Colesberg, Hope 

 Town, Damaraland, and Swellendam. At this latter place, Mr. 

 Atmore informs me : " It is not uncommon, creeping about the decay- 

 ing fences, like our English hedge-sparrow. 



The Third Tribe, DENTIROSTRES, or 

 Tooth-billed Birds, 



embraces a numerous series of birds, that have the tip of the 

 upper mandible more or less emarginated and hooked ; the 

 tarsi vary in length, but are mostly slender, and covered 

 with broad scales ; the toes generally long, with the outer toe 

 more or less united to the middle one at the base. 



The First Family, LUSOINIDJE, or 

 Warblers, 



have the bill subulate, more or less slender and straight, with 

 the tip of the upper mandible curved and emarginated ; the 

 base sometimes broad, but the sides always compressed 

 towards the tip ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a mem- 

 branous groove, with the opening exposed ; the wings more 

 or less long, sometimes rounded, and sometimes pointed ; the 

 tail of various lengths, truncated at the end, or rounded, and 

 sometimes graduated ; the tarsi more or less long, always 



