388 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant Ofi 



This little Bush- Warbler was obtained on the Molopo 

 River and again in Ngamiland, but was not observed in the 

 dry Kalahari. It is generally to be seen in small parties up 

 to six or seven, which, in my experience, always frequent 

 the topmost branches of acacia and other trees, where they 

 are very active in their search for small insects. 



Apalis flavida (Strickl.). 

 Chlorodyta flavida Stark, ii. p. 125. 

 Apalis flavida Reich, iii. p. 611. 



a. S- Taraalakan River, 2700 ft., 22nd July. (No. 66, 

 B. B. W.) 



b. S • Mababe Flats, 3000 ft., 8th August. (No. 80, 

 R. B. IV.) 



Iris very light hazel; bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Stark's description of this species is misleading in several 

 particulars : the chin is white, not yellow ; there is no spot 

 of dusky in front of the eye ; nor are there purer yellow 

 patches on either side of the rump. 



Tiie Yellow-throated Bush-Warbler was not uncommon 

 in Ngamiland, chiefly frequenting the mixed forest along 

 the edges of the marshes and not the drier acacia-forest. 

 It has a surprisingly loud note for so small a bird. 



Spiloptila malapoensis Sliarpe. 



Spiloptila malapoensis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 80 

 (1903). 



a,b (^ ? . Lehutitu, 3000 ft., 29th May. (Nos. 40, 42, 

 E. B. W.) 



Iris hazel ; bill black ; feet brown. 



This Wren- Warbler is a rather paler form of S. ocularis 

 Smith. 



Sharpe gives the locality of the type as " Malope River, 

 Mashonaland,'' but he should have written Southern 

 Bechuanaland. In 'The Ibis/ for 1882, p. 237, Shelley 

 publishes a list of the localities visited by Jameson, and 

 the ''■ Alalope River'' is placed at " lat. 25'' 45', long. 25° 35'," 

 which shews that the Molopo River of modern maps is 

 the spot indicated. 



