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were secured within a few days’ journey of it. It has a true Par- 
tridge’s call. Dr. Smith describes its strongholds as rocky places, 
whereas I found it on grassy plains interspersed with large trees and 
a little brushwood. 
ORTYGOMETRA BAILLONTI (Vieill.). 
Found sparingly (necessarily on account of the scarcity of suitable 
localities) in Damara Land, also on the River Okavango. At Oman- 
boudi I found it plentiful, where it also bred. I found the nest re- 
peatedly. It usually contained as many as seven eggs of a dull olive- 
brown colour, or rather a yellowish brown, indistinctly marked with 
a confusion of brownish freckles. The size of the eggs is enormous 
—if anything, larger than those of European Starlings. This spe- 
cies will take the wing for a short distance when hard pressed and 
when beyond the immediate refuge of reeds and rushes, its usual 
stronghold. 
GALLINULA CHLOROPUS. 
Common in Damara and Great Namaqua Land—that is, wherever 
there is a swampy spot. 
PARRA CAPENSIS, Smith. 
Never but once saw this bird in Damara Land, and that was at 
Omanboudi; but it is common in the lake regions, and on the 
River Okavango, where it also breeds. 
LAMPROCOLIUS PH@NICOPTERUS, Sw. 
This is to Damara Land and parts adjacent what the Starling is 
to many parts of Europe. In manner, habits, mode of life, &., it 
is precisely similar. Eggs of a similar colour, though scarcely of so 
deep a blue. Irides bright orange. My friend Layard thinks there 
may be two species; but this I think doubtful. Entire length 
9 inches 8 or 9 lines. 
CRATEROPUS BICOLOR. 
Pretty common throughout Damara Land. I fancy there may be 
two distinct species. Irides light reddish brown ; legs bluish brown ; 
bill black. Is, like others of the species, very uoisy but, as a rule, 
shy. A full-grown specimen measures 10 inches. 
DRYMGCA CAPENSIS. 
Pretty common in the southern parts of Great Namaqua Land ; 
not observed in Damara Land; abundant in the Cape Colony. 
AMADINA ERYTHROCEPHALA. 
I had been several years in this country (Damara Land) before I 
knew of the existence of this pretty Finch, or rather Sparrow. 
Could I possibly have overlooked it? I scarcely think so. A few 
