LUSCINID^. 99 



fiisca, tenuissime pallescenti marginatse. Macula juguli^ colore 

 obscuro, maculam adustam refert. Adultse quoque in genis 

 eodem colore tinctse. Penna 1. brevis, 3. = 7. — Hab. in CaiFraria 

 Superiori (35°)."— Ed.J 



122. Calamodyta amndinacea (Linn.). Thrush-like Eeed- 

 Warhler. 



Salicaria turdoides, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 106. 

 Calamodyta arundinacea, Layard's Oat. No. 178. 



This bird bears some resemblance to the British 

 species, but seems much larger. I found it plentiful in 

 the reedy marshes at Omanbonde. It was always sing- 

 ing, but on the approach of danger immediately retired 

 to the thickest parts of its reedy resorts. 



[The above note is merely headed by Mr. Andersson " Reed- 

 Warbler ;" but I believe it is intended to apply to this species, 

 as, although I did not meet with any examples of it in Mr. 

 Andersson's last collection, Mr. Layard writes {loc. cit.) : — " Mr. 

 Andersson brought specimens from Damara Land apparently 

 identical with a European bird in the South- African Museum." 

 —Ed.] 



123. Calamodyta baeticata (VieiU.). Isabelle Reed- Warbler. 



L'Isahelle, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 121. fig. 2. 

 Sylvia btsiicata, Vieillot's Nouv. Diet. vol. xi. p. 195. 

 Calamodyta bceticula, Layard's Oat. No. 175. 

 Calamodyta rufescens, Layard's Cat. No. 176. 

 Calamoherpe rufescens, Gumey in Ibis, 1869, p. 292. 

 Calamodyta beeticula, Layard in Ibis, 1869, pp. 365 & 366. 

 Calamodyta btsticata, Ibis, 1869, p. 365 (note). 

 Calamoherpe bceticata, Sharpe's Cat. No. 305. 



I have obtained this bird on a few occasions in 

 Damara Land ; it feeds on small worms, aquatic insects, 

 &c. 



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