314 Dr. R. "R. Sharpe on Birds 



The next figure of a Cape Penduline Tit is the " Figuier 

 Becque-Fleur" in Levaillant's ' Oiseaux d'Afrique/ iii. 

 pi. 134. fi°*s. 1, 2. The upper figure in Levaillant's plate 

 is copied by Nodder in Shaw's 'Naturalist's Miscellany' 

 (vol. xxiii. pl.997), and Shaw calls the bird, whatever it may 

 be, Sylvia minuta. Levaillant describes his bird as being above 

 grey slightly shaded with greenish, and below as having the 

 throat whitish, with the fore-neck, breast, and remainder 

 of the under surface very faint yellow (unjaune tres-foible). 

 This is the Sylvia minuta of Shaw. Levaillant's locality for 

 his "Figuier" was near Oliphant's River, and this seems to be 

 the species of which several specimens have been recently sent 

 to the British Museum from Deelfontein. We have also in 

 the Museum specimens from Port Elizabeth and Kingwilliams- 

 town, so that this would appear to be the Penduline Tit of the 

 Cape Colonv, whereas the other species, Anthoscopus capensis 

 auct. (but not of Gmelin), occurs from Potchefstroom and 

 Rustenburg in the Eastern Transvaal to Mashona-land and 

 Damara-land, from all of which places the Museum has 

 specimens. 



Of the names given by Dr. Gadow in his synonymy of 

 JSaithalus capensis, the earliest (Paras capensis) is untenable, 

 as shown above. 



Sylvia minuta of Shaw is founded on Levaillant's plate, as 

 is also Parus fuscus of Vieillot (N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xx. 

 p. 309). This name could never be adopted, as the head, 

 throat, and under parts are described as " noirs " ! 



JEqithalus smithi was named by Jardine and Selby in 

 October, 1831, from a specimen procured by Sir (then Dr.) 

 Andrew Smith. The example in the British Museum is 

 doubtless the actual type of AE. smithi. and both the speci- 

 men and the figure shew that this is the sulphur-breasted 

 species, which can therefore be called Anthoscopus smithi 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 2). This is the A^ijithatas capensis of Swain- 

 son (Classif. B.ii. p. 246, 1837), who refers to the plate pub- 

 lished by Jardine and Selby. Gryllivora capensis of Swainson, 

 quoted by Dr. Gadow in his synonymy, is a Saxicoline bird. 

 A. pensilis Hartl. (ex Licht.) is a nomen nudum. 



