BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



Entire length 4 



Length of folded wing . . 



„ tarsus .... 



„ middle toe . . . 



„ tail 



„ ™ 



[This species has not been figured. — Ed.J 



121. Eremomela USticollis, Sund. Brown-throated Bush-chirper. 



Eremomela usticollis, Sundevall, Ofvers. 1850, p. 102. 



„ „ Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 2853. 



„ „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 316. 



I first obtained an example of this species at Objim- 

 binque, on June 7th, 1866 ; it was shot whilst hopping 

 amongst the branches of a lofty tree ; and I have since 

 obtained several other specimens. 



The iris is lemon-colour, the legs yellowish flesh-colour, 

 the upper mandible brown, the lower brownish flesh- 

 colour. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



Entire length 4 



Length of folded wing . . 



„ tarsus .... 



„ middle toe . . . 



„ tail 



„ bill 



Male, 

 in. lin. 



7 

 2 2 

 10 

 5 

 9 

 7 



[As this species has not been figured^ and as Professor Sunde- 

 vall's description of it [loc. cit.) is not readily accessible in England, 

 I annex a copy of it : " Superne cinerea, subtus tota pallide 

 fulvescens lunuMjugulifusco-rufescente. Ala55, tars. 21. Eos- 

 trum pallidum culmine fasco, pedes pallidi, alte et cauda einereo- 



