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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected * 
The soft parts of the adult are :—Irides brown ; eyelids, 
bill, legs and toes pale yellow. 
In the young the bill is blackish brown.] 
300. Monticola rupestris. 
CCo Ivnysna, Apl. (1); Plettenberg Bay, Feb. (1). 
[This Rock-Thrush was sparingly seen in the Knysna 
district of the Cape Colony only ; it frequented the open 
country, sitting about on the rocks and clods of earth, and 
chasing insects on the ground much like a Wheatear. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel ; bill, legs and toes 
blackish brown.] 
301. Monticola explorator. 
Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch., Apl. (5). 
[This species was only observed in the South-Eastern 
Transvaal, and was noticed in pairs on the rock-strewn 
mountain-sides, usually sitting on some conspicuous boulder; 
it was quite tame. In habits it resembles M. rupestris. 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes 
blackish brown.] 
302. Monticola brevipes. 
CC. Klipfontein, Apl. (1). 
A young bird in the spotted stage. 
[The young specimen sent was caught in a mouse-trap 
baited with cheese. Although a good look-out was kept, no 
adults or other young were seen during the Namaqualand 
trip, a fact which was distinctly curious. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes 
blackish brown ; gape pale yellow.] 
304. Myrmecocichla formicivora. 
Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch., Apl. (7). 
[Since the Central Cape Colony trip I have only seen this 
species on the highlands around Wakkerstroom, S.E. Trans¬ 
vaal. It frequents open grass-country, usually in pairs, 
and sits on clods or the top of ant-heaps, whence it makes 
springs straight up in the air, I presume to catch some 
