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169. Drymoica Sllbflava ; Drymoica Flavicans, 

 Sunde. ; Sylvia Flavicans, Vieil. ; Sylvia Limonella, 

 Motacilla Subflava, Gm., PL EnL, t. 584, f. 2. ; Le 

 Citrin, Le Tail., PL 127 ; Guv., Vol. 6, p. 391 et469. 



RED-BROWN ; beneath grey ; rump pale ; sides of body red- 

 dish ; tail wedge-shaped. Length, 4"; 6'". 



Lo Vaillant found this bird in Namaqualand, living in small fami- 

 lies, feeding on caterpillars, spiders, and small insects. Their nest is 

 oval, formed of the down of plants, and entirely closed, with the excep- 

 tion of a small hole for entrance. It is firmly fixed in a low bush, and 

 the eggs, five or six in number, are reddish-white, with brown 

 markings. 



170. Drymoica Diophrys, Gray ; Sylvia Diop- 

 hrys, Vieil. ; Malurus Supercilious, Cuv., Vol. 1, p. 

 469 ; Le Double Sourcil, Le VaiL, PL 128. 



ABOVE, reddish- brown ; below white, tinted with russet ; 

 tip of the head ruddy, with a black eyebrow and moustache. 

 Female, less bright than the male, and without the black 

 stripes 



A doubtful species. Said by Le Vaillant to have been found in the 

 Karroo, but very sparingly. 



171. Drymoica Brachyura; Eremomeia Bra- 



chyura (Vieil.) ; Sylvietta Chloris, Boie ; Sylvia 

 Brachyura, Vieil. ; Eremomela Flaviventris, Sunde., 

 Ofv., 1860, p. J102; L'Olivert, Le VaiL, PL 125; 

 Sylvia Flaviventris, Burch. 



ABOVE, yellowish- green ; under parts dirty white ; tail very 

 short, the wings reaching almost to the end of it; eyes 

 light-hazel. Length, 4" ; wing, 2" ; tail, 1" 4!". 



Outeniqualand, Le Vaillant ; Karroo, Victorin. Mr. Atmore has 

 sent this species from Blanco, near George ; Mr. Ayres from Natal ; 

 and Mr. Andersson from Damaraland. 



172. Drymoica Africana. (Gmei.) Sylvia 



Africana, Shaw, Vol. 10, p. 615 ; Musicapa Dubia, 

 For. ; Turdus Tibicen, Vieil., Cuv., Vol. 6, p. 377 ; 

 Dasyornis Africanus, Smith ; Synallaxis Cantor, 

 Less. ; Malurus Africanus, Swain. (MSS. in his own 

 handwriting on Museum copy of Le Vaillant); Motacilla 

 Africana, Gmel. ; Sphenurus Tibicen, Licht. ; Le 

 Fluteur, Le VaiL, PL 1 ] 2, f. 2. 



UPPER parts rufous, deepest on the head and rump ; inclin- 

 ing to grey on the fore part of the back ; and everywhere 

 marked with very dark-brown, broad streaks down the centre 



