104 WARBLER. 



the Cape, though in plenty from 28 degrees of latitude to the Tropic, 

 especially on the Grand and Orange rivers; also met with among 

 the Caffres, but more rarely. 



106— RUFOUS-BELLIED WARBLER. 



Le Grignet, Levail. Afr. iii. 103. pi. 126. f. 1. 2. 



SIZE of the White-Throat ; length five inches and a half. Bill 

 dusky; irides greenish grey; all the upper parts of the body, wings, 

 and two middle tail feathers, slaty grey ; beneath pale cinereous, or 

 whitish, marked on the throat with oblong dusky spots ; lower belly, 

 and under tail coverts deep rufous red ; the two middle tail feathers 

 the same colour as the back, the rest mostly white on the outer, and 

 dusky on the inner webs ; legs dusky. The female is like the male, 

 but one-fourth larger. 



This species is very numerous within the Cape of Good Hope, 

 on the borders of the River Gaus Gold, or Gaurits, spreads also from 

 the Brake River, and lives in society ; frequently seen among the 

 Mimosas in flocks, from eight to twelve, running about with great 

 velocity, probably in search of insects, or larvae under the leaves; 

 incessantly chatters like the Long-tailed Titmouse, when flying 

 from tree to tree. Nest unknown. 



A similar one in Mr. Dent's drawings, entitled " Le Culrou male 

 " dans sa grandeur naturelle, du Cabinet de M. Vaillant. " This is 

 seven inches and a half long, and answers pretty well to Levaillant's 

 description: tail one inch and three quarters long, black, with the 

 greater part of the feathers more or less half white at the ends; the 

 forehead seems white ; the vent only is rufous. 



There is a Variety also, in which the greater part of the plumage 

 is white, especially the wings and tail, but the lower belly and 

 under tail coverts have a rufous tinge. 



