under tail-coverts and thighs yellow; under wing-coverts pale
yellow, the lower series silky white ; upper wing-coverts
yellowish green like-the wings; quills blackish, externally edged
with yellowish green, the inner webs white towards their base;
tail-feathers dull olive-green, edged and slightly tipped with yellow,
the outer feather entirely yellow; “ bill almost black; tarsus flesh-
coloured ; iris yellowish brown.” (Andersson.) Total length,
4'4 inches; culmen, 0-5 ; wing, T95; tail, 2.0; tarsus, 0'8.
Adult female.—Similar to the male, but wants the black spot on
the breast, which is entirely yellow. Total length, 4-6 inches;
culmen, 0'5; wing, T9 ; tail, 2.15; tarsus, 0'85.
285. D ryodromas a lb ig u la r is . White-throated Bush-Warbler.
Described by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub (Vog. Ostafr. p. 240)
from a specimen obtained by Mr. T. Ayres in Natal, and now in the
Bremen Museum. We have seen one specimen of this species, from
Namaqualand, in the British Museum, a full description of which is
given below: it is from Sir A. Smith’s collection. The species
was also found by Mr. W. Atmore at Traka. He says they inhabit
the short Karroo bush in little flocks of three or four individuals,
and are as affectionate as “ love-birds” If one is shot the others
make a doleful lamentation. Their habits and nest resemble those of
the White-eye (Zosterojps), and the eggs procured on the 20th of
August are pale blue, spotted at the obtuse end with small dark dry
blood-coloured spots. Axis, 6" '; diam. 4J".
Adult.—General colour above olive-brown, rather more dingy on
the head, the rump and upper tail-coverts dull olive-yellow; wings
brown, the wing-coverts edged with.the same olive-yellowish as the
back, the quills also edged with the same colour but rather brighter;
tail brown, all the feathers distinctly edged with olive-yellow; lores
and feathers over the eye dull grey ; ear-coverts ashy-brown; cheeks
and under surface of body dull white, the sides of the body light
ashy brown, the upper breast laterally ashy grey; thighs ashy
brown; under tail-coverts yellow; under wing-coverts light ashy.
Total length, 4T inches; culmen, 0'4 ; wing, 2-0; tail, 2'05; tarsus,
0-75.
286. D ryodromas d am a b en s is . Damara Bush-Warbler.
Very like E. flaviventris but distinguished by its «yellowish back,
grey head, and especially by having the yellow on the lower parts
confined to the under tail-coverts. Mr. Andersson writes as
follows:—“ I only observed this diminutive species in one locality,
a place called Oosoop, on the lower course of the Swakop River; and
even there it was very scarce, so that, though very tame, I have
hunted for it whole days unsuccessfully. It is found in small
families of from two to six individuals amongst the widely scattered
dwarf vegetation; it hops slowly and systematically amongst the
branches, searching diligently for small insects, which constitute its
sole food, and Tittering all the while a low but distinct chirp.”
Adult male.—Head and neck above grey, the back light olive
yellow, becoming brighter yellow on the upper tail-coverts: wings
brown, the wing-coverts externally olive yellow, like the back, the
quills ashy brown, the outer webs washed with yellow and narrowly
tipped with whitish : tail-feathers olive brown externally washed
with olive yellow, all the feathers tipped narrowly with yellowish
white, the external one light yellowish brown on the outer web, the
penultimate one with a streak of the same colour near the tip ; lores
whitish, extending backwards over the eye, but scarcely forming an
eyebrow: round the eye an indistinct circlet of dusky whitish
plumes : ear-coverts ashy grey : cheeks and entire under surface of
body white; the under tail-coverts yellow; under wing-coverts
white * upper mandible and tip of lower bluish black, remainder of
lower mandible bluish brown; legs liver brown; iris bright yellow”
(Andersson). Total length, 4‘0 inches; culmen, 0’4 ; wing, 1*95;
tail, T95; tarsus, 0-65.
287. D ryodromas fulvicapillus. Tawny-headed Bush-Warbler.
Drymoica fulvicapilla, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 94.
. Calamodyta natalensis, id. t.c. p. 98.
Le Vaillant first described this bird as the “ Rousse-tefce,” and
according to him it inhabits the district of Cambeboo, Caffreland,
and Namaqua Land. Victorin procured it at the Knysna in May,
and also in September and October; we have likewise seen specimens
obtained by Mr. Andersson in the same locality. Mr. Atmore has
forwarded specimens from George, ond Mr. Cairncross has met with
it near Swellendam. In Natal it seems by no means rare, and we
have seen many specimens from thence. Mr. Thomas Ayres writes
from that colony : “ These birds are plentiful, frequenting rough
weeds and gr&ss; their flight is tolerably strong; their food consists