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BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Parus leueopterus, Layard's Oat. No. 211. 

 Pants niger, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 398. 

 „ „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 333. 



This Tit is to be met with, though more sparingly 

 than the preceding species, in Damara Land and in the 

 neighbourhood of the Okavango River and of Lake 

 Ngami; it is, however, more frequent in the last two 

 districts than in Damara Land proper, and in Great 

 Namaqua Land I have never observed it. It is generally 

 found in pairs, searching amongst the larger trees for 

 insects and their larvee ; it also feeds on seed. The female 

 is distinguished from the male by her inferior size and 

 duller plumage. The irides are dark brown, the bill 

 dark horn-colour, the legs and toes greenish lead-colour. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



Male, 

 in. Un. 



Female, 

 in. lin. 



Entire length . . 



Length of folded wing 

 „ tarsus 

 „ middle toe 

 „ tail 



bill . . 



5 9 5 6 



3 2 2 10 



9 9 



ej . . . 6 



2 .... 2 8 



6* 6 



LUSCINID^. 



102. Drymoica maculosa (Bodd.). Cape Drymoica. 



Drymoica capmsis, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 76. fig. 1. 



„ „ Andersson, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 7. 



„ „ Layard's Cat. No. 161. 



Drymoica maculosa, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 2731. 

 Drymceca maculosa, Sharpe's Cat. No. 277. 



T have reason to think that this bird is common in 

 some of the southern parts of Great Namaqua Land ; 



