DIMENSIONS.
Inches. Lines.
Length from the point of the bill to Length of the tarsus ............
Inches. Lines
. . . . 1 0
the tip of the ta il............
of the bill to the angle of the
5 11 of the outer toe.........
of the middle toe . . . .
. . . . 0
. . . . 0
3
H
mouth............................. 0 7 of the inner toe......... 3
of the wings when folded . .
2 H
of the ta il........................?
3 4
of the hinder toe . . . . ----- 0 3
F em a le .— U n k n o w n .
This species is but rarely obtained, and the only specimens I possess were procured about
three hundred miles to the north of Cape Town, in the Namaqua country. It occasionally
occurs in thickets, but more generally upon dwarf trees, in the vicinity of streams, and through
these it passes rapidly from branch to branch in pursuit of insects, which form its chief food.
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