THE DAMARA COUNTRY IN S. W. AFRICA. 
Total length, 6.8; beak to front, ej, to gape, 8; wing, 2.9; 
medial rectrices, 3, external, 2.6; tarsus, i.— (P. L. Selater.) 
Allied to Sphenceacus africanus (Gm.), but ditfers in the longer 
beak, shorter tail, broader and more developed webs of the rec- 
trices, &c. 
37. Parisoma subcoeruleum (Vieill.) ; Levaill. Ois. Af. pi. 126 ; 
( Parisoma rufiventer , Swainson). This bird evidently belongs to 
the Sylviince, not to the Parince, and is closely allied to Curruca. 
38. JEgithalus smitM , Jard. 
39. Parus cinerascens, Vieill. ; Levaill. Ois. Af. pi. 138. 
40. Juida australis (Smith), Zool. S. Af. pi. 47. (Lamprotor- 
nis burchetti, Smith.) 
41. Spreo nabouroup (Daud.) ; Levaill. Ois. Af. pi. 91. ( Lam, - 
protornis fulvipennis , Swains.). 
42. Spreo bispecularis , Strickland ; Levaill. Ois. Af. pi. 90. 
Whole plumage glossy bluish-green ; head, rump and tail, with a 
purplish tinge when held towards the light; lesser wing-covers 
violet-purple, with a coppery gloss towards their tips ; middle and 
greater covers greenish, with a small indistinct velvety-black spot 
at their tips ; primary covers violet purple, but without any coppery 
gloss. 
Total length, 8; beak to front, 8, to gape, i.l, high, 2j; the gonys 
nearly straight; wing, 5; medial rectrices, 3.3, external, 3.1; tar- 
sus, i. 5 . 
Closely allied to the true Spreo nitens (Linn.) of Angola ( Merula 
viridis angolensis of Brisson), of which I possess a specimen, but 
differs in the more slender beak, and in the primary covers being 
purple instead of greenish like the rest of the wing. Sir William 
-lardine has some specimens from Southern Africa, in which the 
is intermediate between the Damara bird and the true nitens . 
43. Dilophus carunculatus (Gm.). 
44. Buphaga africana, Gm. 
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