86 BIRDS OF BAMARA LAND. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 5 6 



Length of folded wing 1 10 



„ tarsus 9 



„ middle toe 6 



„ tail 2 8 



bill 7 



106. Drymoica Smithii, Bon. Smith's Drymoica. 



Drymoica rvficapilla, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 73. fig. 1. 

 Drymoica Smithii, Bonaparte's Conspectus, vol. i. p. 283. 

 Drymoica rvficapilla, Gumey, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 

 p. 2. 

 „ ,, Layard's Cat. No. 156. 



Drymceca Smithii, Sharpe's Cat. No. 294. 



I am not aware that this compact little bird is an 

 inhabitant of either Great Namaqua or Damara Land. 

 I first became acquainted with it on penetrating to the 

 Okavango, but even there I do not remember to have 

 seen much of it. 



[A specimen collected by Mr. Andersson, and now in the 

 possession of the Rev. H. B. Tristram, is ticketed "Elephant 

 Vley, October 12th, 1859 ;" two others in the collection of Mr. 

 Sharpe are from the same locality .^Ed. J 



107. Drymoica chiniana, Smith. Kiirichane Drymoica. 



Diymoica chiniana, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 79. 



Drymoica siihntficapilla, Gumey, Birds Damar., in Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1864, p. 2. 

 Dryynoica chiniana, Layard's Cat. No. 158. 

 Drymceca chiniana, Sharpe's Cat. No. 281. 



[Mr. Andersson's collections contained examples of this species 

 obtained at Objimbinqne, and also two obtained in Ondonga; 

 but the latter were both of them somewhat smaller than the 



