from Deelfontein, Cape Colony. 331 



mantle. The shoulder- patch and entire abdomen are pure 

 white. The under tail-coverts are black, some of them 

 fringed with white. 



n. ? ad. ' Deelfontein, Aug. 0, 1902. 



This specimen has a brown appearance above and below, 

 which is caused by the paler fringes or margins of the feathers, 

 while the bases of the feathers are black. The upper taii- 

 coverts are white, the longer feathers being black, tipped 

 with white. The lower abdomen is white, the under tail- 

 coverts black fringed with white. 



v. <$ ad. Deelfontein, Aug. 7, 1902. 



This specimen is grey, with the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 pure white. The should, r-patch and lower abdomen are 

 ashy white. The ear-coverts are brown, contrasting with 

 the grey on the sides of the neck. The two outer tail-feathers 

 on each side are pure white ; the next pair are white on the 

 outer webs, mottled with grey on the inner web and tipped 

 with black. 



w, x, y. $ ad. Deelfontein, Aug. 10, 12, 24, 1902. 



One of these hen birds has the two outer tail-feathers white 

 on one side and the penultimate one on the other side also 

 white. 



z. & ad. Deelfontein, Aug. 25, 1902, 



This bird is much darker grey than the preceding males, 

 both above and below, including the abdomen ; the wing- 

 patch is paler grey with dark shaft-streaks; the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts are pure white, the long coverts blaek ; the 

 outer tail-feathers on one side are white, tipped with black, 

 while on the other side the feathers are mottled with grey, 

 becoming white at the tips. 



a. $ ad. Deelfontein, Oct. 22, 1902. 



A grey bird very similar to that killed on the 25th of 

 August, but evidently breeding and in somewhat worn 

 plumage. The shoulder-patch is white. 



b'. £ ; c, d'. ? pull. Deelfontein, Nov. 19, 1902. 



Of these three nestlings the male shews the white shoulder- 

 patch, which is not seen in the two females. 



,'. $ ad. Deelfontein, Nov. 25, 1902. 



A particoloured bird with black back, throat, and breasl 



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