from Deelfontein, Cape Colony. 319 



836 (1875-84); id. Cat. B. iv. p. 270 (1879); Shelley, B. 

 Afr. ii. p. 215 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 243 (1901) ; 

 Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, ii. p. 76 (1901). 



a. $ ad. Deelfontein, March 14, 1902. Iris very pale 

 yellow ; bill and feet black. 



b. ? ad. Deelfontein, March 25, 1902. 



c. <$ ad. „ April 8, 1902. Iris white; bill 

 and feet black. Shot on a kopje. 



d. 2 ad. Deelfontein, May 24, 1902. 

 May 31, 1902. 



July 31, 1902. Iris light yellow. 

 Aug. 2, 1902. 

 Aug. 13, 1902. 

 Sept. 22, 1902. 



/. S ad. ,, Sept. 24, 1902. 



After the nesting-season, which is evidently in November 

 and December, the plumage becomes much worn, and the 

 under tail-coverts are more dusky, owing to the display of 

 the dark bases of the feathers by the wearing away of the 

 white edges. In March and April a moult takes place, and 

 there is a buff tinge on the lower flanks. The stripes on the 

 throat vary very much in breadth, though this difference 

 is not sexual, as old males and females seem to be exactly 

 alike in plumage, but I think that the young must be more 

 feebly streaked than the adult birds. There is no sign of 

 any Thrush-like spotting on the specimens sent by Messrs. 

 Seimund and Grant, and therefore we may take it as almost 

 certain that the young birds resemble the adults, and that 

 Paris oma will have to be removed from the Muscicapidae. 



[Very common, being generally found in the dog-wood 

 bushes. It is a very active little bird, with a pretty call- 

 note ; its food consists of insects. We never found the 

 nest, but procured some young.] 



64. Pycnonotus nigricans. 



Pycnonotus capensis, pt., Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 207, 815 

 (1875-84). 



Pycnonotus nigricans Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 815 (1884); 



