LIST OF A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM THE DAMARA COUNTRY. 
108. Nyrocci brunnea , Eyton, Monog. Anat. pi. 23. 
109. Podiceps minor (Linn.). 
110. Xema yhceoc&phala , Swainson. Swainson calls this species 
pceocephala, (misspelled by him poiocephald), a name which would 
imply green-head, not grey-headed. He no doubt meant to have 
written phceocephala , and I have altered the name accordingly. 
Differs from X. brunneicapillum of India, in having the white at 
the base of the remiges confined to the outer web. 
111. Sternula balcenarum , Strickland. Front, round the eyes 
and crown black ; back, wings and tail very pale grey ; primaries 
hoary fuscous, shafts and inner margins white ; below wholly white 5 
beak black; legs brownish flesh colour. 
Total length, 8 . 5 ; beak to front, i . 2 , to gape, i . 4 ; wing, 6.6; 
medial rectrices, i . 8, external, 2.4; tarsus, 6. 
Remarkable for the shortness of its tarsus. 
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