from Deelfontein, Cape Colony. 339 



a. 6 ad. Deelfontein, May 23, 1902. 



b. 2 ad. „ July 3, 1902. 



c-e. 6 $ ad. ,, Aug. 7-13, 1902. Iris umber. 



This species seems to me to fade a good deal in colour, 

 one specimen killed on the 12th of August, when the nesting- 

 season was probably approaching, being much paler than the 

 other three — the difference being apparently due to the 

 slightly more worn plumage. 



[Although found with us all the year round, this species 

 Avas not very common ; it was met with in the thick bushes 

 of dog-thorn or black-thorn.] 



84. Eremomela flaviventris. 



Eremomela flaviventris Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 297, 827 

 (1875-84); id. Cat. B. vii. p. 159 (1883) ; Stark, Faun. S. 

 Afr., Birds, ii. p. 10G (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. p. 229 

 (1903). 



a-f. S ad. ct S ? juv. Deelfontein, Jan. 3-27, 1901. 



g. S ad. Deelfontein, Feb. 12, 1902. 



//, /. rf ad. „ May 15 & 31, 1902. 



k. ? ad. „ June 10, 1902. 



/, m. Ad. „ Aug. 2 & 13, 1902. 



n. ? ad. „ May 20, 1902. 



o,p. J 2 ad. „ Sept. 5 & 22, 1902. 



The young are just like the old birds, but are a little 

 paler and more sulphur-yellow on the abdomen. Nestlings 

 were procured in January, when the old birds were in moult, 

 as also were the specimens shot in February. In May 

 the birds have assumed their full winter plumage, which 

 is much darker than the breeding-dress, and the throat 

 and chest are strongly shaded with isabelline ; the yellow 

 on the abdomen is much brighter and has a tinge of 

 saffron. By September the throat and chest have become 

 greyer and more ashy and the yellow of the abdomen much 

 paler. 



I think that the Damara-land form of E. flaviventris should 

 be separated as E. damarensis. It is a much paler bird, with 

 light sulphur-yellow abdomen, lighter and pale clay-brown 



