318 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



Apalis sciia Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, ii. p. 122 (1901). 



a. Juv. Deelfontein, Jan. 5, 1901. Iris dark hazel. 



b. ? ad. „ Feb. 8, 1901. 



c. <J juv. „ Feb. 23, 1902. Bill and feet black. 

 d-h. S ? ad. Deelfontein, March 14, 1902. Iris dark 



hazel ; bill and feet black. 



i. Ad. Deelfontein, March 22, 1902. 



k. cJ ad. „ April 25, 1902. 



/. ? ad. „ June 11, 1902. 



The adult female is exactly like the male in general 

 coloration, and has almost as much pink on the throat and 

 abdomen. The male is slightly lighter grey. Young birds 

 are decidedly browner on the upper surface and on the chest, 

 and the pink on the throat and abdomen is absent. Both 

 sexes seem to be browner in winter plumage. 



[Not very common, being generally seen in parties of three 

 or four individuals on the kopjes. Very active in its habits.] 



62. Parisoma subc.eruleum. 



Parisoma sabcaeruleum (V.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 332, 

 836 (1875-84); id. Cat. B. iv. p. 268 (1879); Shelley, B. 

 Afr. ii. p. 213 (1900); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 242 (1901); 

 Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, ii. p. 75 (1901). 



a. S ad. Deelfontein, May 23, 1902. 



b. S ad. „ July 31, 1902. Iris light yellow. 

 c,d.£;e. ? ad. Deelfontein, Aug. 2-13, 1902. 



The male bird killed on the 2nd of August shews some 

 indications of blackish streaks on the head. This is probably 

 a sign of the approach of the nesting-season, but I find very 

 few specimens shewing any traces of these streaks in our 

 large series. 



[Very local, and not so common as P. layardi. It is 

 mostly found frequenting the dog-wood bushes on the veldt, 

 but we have also met with it on the kopjes. In its flight 

 and actions it resembles P. layardi, and it is difficult to 

 distinguish it from that species.] 



63. Parisoma layardi. 



Parisoma layardi Hartl. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 334, 



