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und tipped with yellowish brown. Chin and throat yellowish white ; 
breast, belly, vent, and feathers of legs sienna-yellow, the tint of the flanks 
darkest. The two middle tail feathers broccoli-brown, broadly margined 
and tipped with wood- brown, the rest of the feathers brownish red, faintly 
edged externally with wood-brown and broadly tipped with white ; 
immediately behind the white tip there is a large blotch of umber-brown 
seen most distinctly on viewing the under surface of the feathers. Bill, 
legs, and toes pale buff-orange, the upper mandible deepened from a shade 
of brown ; claws yellowish brown, darkest at the points. Eyes reddish 
brown. 
“ Total length 110, wing 52, tail 42, tarsus 20, middle toe 9 mm. 
“ Female. — The colours are rather brighter and the proportion of 
umber-brown is rather less than in the male. The bill is more delicate and 
shorter.” 
Since publication of the “ Catalogue of Birds ” in the British Museum, 
all specimens of Hemipieryx other than textrix have been referred to C. 
terrestris ; but this can hardly be correct, as Smith mentions a distinct 
subterminal mark on the tail feathers viewed from below, a character 
apparently not found in any members of the genus Hemipteryx ; in describing 
the structure of the species Smith also mentions that the first primary is 
about half the length of the second. 
The specimen from which the male was described, was probably not 
quite adult, and this would account for the female being described as brighter 
coloured ; the chin and throat are described as yellowish, a character 
peculiar to juvenile birds, judging by the series in the Transvaal Museum. 
Specimens of this species in summer plumage were first identified 
with C. cisticola, and subsequently with C. uropygialis ; but having regard 
to the great difference in local conditions of Accra on the West Coast (where 
the type of uropygialis was collected) and South Africa, I have retained 
Smith’s name until large series of specimens from the two localities have 
been compared, and their identity fully determined. 
The species is represented in the Transvaal Museum collection by a 
large series of skins, which may be most conveniently tabulated in three 
divisions : — 
Males in Summer Plumage. 
"No. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Wing. 
1st Prim.. 
Tail. 
Tar. Mid. Toe. 
Culm. 
827 
Zoutpansberg . 
11/2 /03 
53 
14 
35 
19 
9 
9 
6994 
Moorddrift, 
Waterberg 
23/10/09 
. 52 
2 
30 ' 
17-5 
9-5 
10 
6995 
17/10/09 
52 
14 
33 
17 -5 
9 
10 
6987 
Pretoria 
18/12/09 
50 
13 
33 
19 
9-5 
10 
6989 
?? 
2 
54 
14 
35 
18 -5 
9-5 
10-5 
6991 
Wakkerstroom 
25 /10 /09 
53 
14 
34 
18 
9-5 
10 
6990 
9/10 /09 
54 
15 
33 
18 -5 
9-5 
10 
6992 
Bed Hill, Natal 
12/3/10 
54 
15 
34 
18 
9-5 
10 
9183 
Matatiele, E.G. 
26/11/11 
54 
16 
35 
18 
9-5 
10 
9529 
31/12/11 
53 
13 
34 
18 -5 
10 
10 
