390 :Mr. AV. K. Oyilvic-Grant on 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



This is a fine male in freshly-moulted plumage, with the 

 crown and nape grey ; as the ends of the feathers become 

 worn the dark bases become more or less visible, and the 

 general colour of the crown becomes browner during the 

 breeding-season, which is in January. In the present speci- 

 men the throat as well as the middle of the breast and belly 

 are purer white than in birds in worn plumage. 



This Ground-Robin was met with througliout the Kala- 

 hari where there was suitable ground. It seems to prefer 

 stony barren soil and low thorn-scrub to the larger acacia- 

 trees. It is usually to be seen skulking about at the 

 bottoms of the bushes, but the male often sings a not un- 

 pleasant short song from the top of some bush or low tree. 



Saxicola riLEATA LiviNGsTONii (Tristram). 



Saxicola j^ileata /ivingstotiii Stark, ii. p. 198. 



Saxicola pi/caia Reich, iii. p. 718 [part.]. 



a. cT. Okwa, 3000 ft., (Jth June. (No. 517, G. L.) 



b,c. ^ ^ . Lehutitu, 3000 ft., 25th & 29th May. (Nos. 

 511, 514, G. L.) 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



This form is distinguished from typical S. pih-nta by its 

 smaller size and shorter bill ; also, the white band on the 

 forehead is nari'ower, and the back is darker and of a more 

 reddish-brown. 



We found Livingstone's Wheatear througliout the Kala- 

 hari wherever open country, such as it loves, was met with. 

 At every dry salt-pan, although surrounded by vast tracts 

 of dense bush-country, a pair or two were always to be seen. 

 This Wheatear can mimic the notes of other birds in a most 

 remarkable manner. 



Crateropus bicolor Jard. 



Crateropus bicolor Stark, ii. p. 59; Reich, iii. p. 667. 

 a. S- Lehutitu, 3000 ft., 30th May. (No. 515, G. L.) 

 Iris hazel ; bill and feet black. 



The Pied Babbler was not so plentiful in Ngamiland as 

 HartlauVs Babbler, and is far more numerous further south, 



