310 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



above, especially on the head, with a distinguishable whitish 

 eyebrow and whitish under wing-coverts. 



The other yellow-bellied Eremomela, which I have called 

 E. polioxantha, seems to me to be quite a distinct species. 

 Besides the typical specimen from Swazi-land. the Museum 

 has another from Mashona-land procured by the late 

 J. S. Jameson, and also one from Xyasa-land, presented by 

 General Manning. 



[A resident all the year round, though more plentiful at 

 some seasons than others ; in winter it was noticed in small 

 parties of five or six. It builds a very small nest in the side 

 of a black- thorn bush.] 



85. Prima maculosa. 



Drymaeca maculosa (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 259, 

 822 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. B. vii. p. 189 (1883); Stark, Faun. 

 S. Air., Birds, ii. p. 133 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. 

 p. 24G (1903). 



a-d. J $ ad. Deelfontein, Feb. 12-27, 1902. 



e,f. S V ad. „ March 14, 1902. 



g, It. J ? ad. „ April 8, 1902. 



i. J ad. „ May 15. 1902. 



k. J ad. „ Aug. 2, 1£02. 



There is do difference in the colour of the sexes, and an 

 adult female (April 8) in winter plumage measures: — Total 

 length 5"-2 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 2 - 0, tail 2'S5, tarsus 08. 

 A male (Aug. 2) has the wing 2*0 and the tail 3'0, but 

 beyond this slight predominance there is little difference in 

 dimensions. The young are less broadly streaked below than 

 the old birds, and moult into their full winter plumage in 

 February . At that season the yellow on the under surface is 

 rather brighter than in the breeding-season. 



[Fairly common, found in the long grass in damp places, 

 though occasionally seen on the sides of the kopjes.] 



86. Fiscus COLLARIS. 



Lanius collaris L.; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 374, 841 (1875- 

 84 : Gadow, Cat. B. viii. p. 255 (1883); Stark, Faun. S. 

 Afr., Birds, ii. p. 6 (1901); Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. 

 p. 607 (1903 



