34 
PASSERES. 
a $ Cape of Good Hope (A. Strickland) 1833. 
Considered by Strickland to be either S. sperata, Lath, or S. 
familiaris Steph. 
160. Saxicola bifasciata. 
Saxicola bifasciata, , Temm. PI. Col. 472. f. 2: Blanf. & 
Dresser, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 239. 
Sylvia hottentota , Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 965. 
a S. Africa (N. C. Strickland) 1838. — b Damara-land (C. J. 
Anders son) 1852. 
In their paper on Birds from Damara-land (Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 
146), Strickland and Sclater identify this bird with Gmelin’s S. hotten- 
tota, but Blanford and Dresser state that they found it quite 
impossible to determine the 1 Grand Motteux du Cap de B. Esp^rance,’ 
of Buffon upon which Gmelin bestowed his name. 
161 Saxicola infuscata. 
Saxicola infuscata, Smith, Zool. S. Afr. t. 28 : Gurney, in 
And. B. Damara-1. p. 107. 
Saxicola sp. Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Om. 1852, p. 146. No. 29. 
a Damara-land ( C J. Andersson) 1852. 
Myrmecocichla. 
Myrmecocichla, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 8 (1850). 
162. Myrmecocichla formicivora. 
Saxicola formicivora , Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. 
p. 421. 
Myrmicocichla formicivora , Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 110. 
a S. Africa (Askew) 1834. 
163. Myrmecocichla sethiops. 
Myrmecocichla cethiops, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 8 (ex Licht. 
MS.). 
a S. Africa (Thomas) 1842. 
This specimen agrees best with examples in the British Museum 
bearing this name. 
