382 i\rr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



forest north- east of Lake Ngami, but they were not very 

 common. Even toAvards tlie end of the winter they were 

 still in small parties. 



Calamocichla GRACiLiiiosTRis Hartl. 

 Bradi/pterus babcecula Stark (nee Yieill.), ii. p. 102. 

 Lusciniola (/racUirostris Reich, iii. p. 583. 

 Calamocichla gracilirostris Neumann, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 249 

 (1908). 



a. ? . Mababe Flats, 3000 ft., 10th August. (No. 88, 



R. B. jr.) 



Iris brown; bill brown : feet black. 



This Reed- Warbler appeared to be pretty common in the 

 Okavango marshes, but as it always kept to the middle of 

 the dense beds of tall reeds it was more often heard than 

 seen, and was very difficult to procure. 



Bkadypterus bedfordi, sp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from B. hrachypterns (Vieill.) in having 

 the general colour above much darker, deep sooty-brown, 

 Avitli a slight rufous tinge most marked on the upper tail- 

 coverts ; the under parts are dull silvery white (almost 

 tinged with greyish) except the flanks and under tail- 

 coverts which are dull brownish-buff. The wing-coverts 

 have A^ery distinct whitish-brown margins and the outer 

 tail-feathers are blackish with strongly contrasting buff tips. 

 Iris hazel; bill and feet dark olive-grey. 



Total length 140 mm. ; wing .57 ; tail 62 ; tarsus 23. 



Hab. ^lababe Flats, north of Lake Ngami. 



Type in the British jNIuseum. fj . No. 71. Mababe, 

 25. vii. 09. R. B. Woosnam Coll. 



This is a most interesting bird, and apparently very dis- 

 tinct from all other known species of the group. 



Only one example of this Reed-Warbler was met with in 

 Ngamiland. It was seen early one morning on the edge of the 

 marshes perched on the top of a reed and vigorously giving 

 forth its loud notes, so unmistakably Bradi/pterus-like, that 

 it aroused my cupidity. 



Probably it is not such an uncommon bird as we thought. 



