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(measured in flesh) 8*6 inches, wing 4*3, culmen 0 7. Iris 
red ; bill orange ; legs and feet yellowish flesh-colour. 
A very shy bird, frequenting ground underneath thick 
undergrowth. The song is pretty and of a babbling 
nature. 
108. Saxicola falrensteini (Cab.). 
A single specimen near Tete on Aug. 17. When observed, 
the bird was busy catching flies after the manner of a Fly¬ 
catcher. 
Adult ? . Total length (measured in flesh) 5*4 inches, wing 
2*9. Iris hazel; bill black ; legs and feet brown. 
By the discovery of this species on the Zambesi, its range 
has been considerably increased. Dr. Fischer obtained it on 
the Victoria Nyanza in 1885, while the only specimen in 
the British Museum is from Mpapwa, in the Ugogo region. 
109. Saxicola (enanthe (Linn.). 
A male in winter plumage obtained at Zumbo on Jan. 16. 
We are unable to find any previous record of this Wheatear 
being found in winter so far south as the Zambesi. 
110. Saxicola livingstonii (Tristram). 
An adult male obtained on Aug. 9 at Tete out of a party 
of four. Another male at Mesanangue on Aug. 18, and a 
young bird in its first plumage, shot beyond Zumbo on 
Dec. 28. 
Adult S • Total length (measured in flesh) 5*55 inches, wing 
3*4. Iris, bill, legs, and feet black. 
In our two males the amount of black on the crown, sides 
of neck, and breast varies considerably. 
111 ."’Th amnol^ea arnotti (Tristram). 
Towards evening on July 27 we landed on the left bank of 
the Zambesi about twenty miles beyond Senna. The nature 
of the locality was flat, the foreground near the river covered 
with high dead grass, which in the distance gave way to thin 
undergrowth and scattered deciduous trees that became more 
numerous at the foot of a chain of hills. 
Just as dusk was closing in we caught sight of a party of 
