. Ibis . rs, and generally in companywith other small insect-feeding birds. The male has a pleasing little song. Adult. Total length (measured in flesh) 4*34 inches. Irislemon-yellow; upper mandible brown, lower horn-colour;legs and feet yellowish flesh-colour. The range of this species extends from the Transvaal toZumbo, on the Zambesi, on the east, and Damaraland on thewest. 80. Camaroptera brevicaudata (Riipp.). By no means plentiful, frequenting bush-grown localitiesand the outskirts of woods. Our three specimens wereprocured at Zumbo. In the pairing-season this bird producesa whirring sou
. Ibis . rs, and generally in companywith other small insect-feeding birds. The male has a pleasing little song. Adult. Total length (measured in flesh) 4*34 inches. Irislemon-yellow; upper mandible brown, lower horn-colour;legs and feet yellowish flesh-colour. The range of this species extends from the Transvaal toZumbo, on the Zambesi, on the east, and Damaraland on thewest. 80. Camaroptera brevicaudata (Riipp.). By no means plentiful, frequenting bush-grown localitiesand the outskirts of woods. Our three specimens wereprocured at Zumbo. In the pairing-season this bird producesa whirring sound with its wings when travelling from branchto branch. It is chiefly resorted to by the male as a meansof attracting the female to its side when the pair are threadingtheir Avay through thick undergrowth, and appears to takethe place of a call-note. This bird is unusually silent, and never once did we hearit give vent to any note. Adult. Bill black ; iris orange; legs and feet flesh-colour. H.(rrbTr/ol6, oal etlLth. W^ .x/rtp. PALLIDA2. » MINIMA. Expedition to the Zambesi River. 75 81. Camaropteka sundevalli (SLarpe).We obtained our two specimens near Tete. C. brevicaudata appears to take its place on the higherreaches of the river. Adult ^. Total length (measured in flesh) 4*68 inches,wing 195. Iris orange ; upper mandible brown, lower lighthorn-colour ; legs and feet flesh-colour. 82. Sylviella pallida. (Plate I. fig. 1.) Sylviella pallida Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. species is closely allied to S. tninima Grant (seebelow, p. 156), which in my original description of the presentspecies (/. s. c.) I erroneously called S. leucopsis these circumstances I have thought it advisable tofigure both species in the accompanying Plate for com-parison. The British Museum possesses a male and femaleof S. minima from the island of Manda, B. E. A., withwhich we have compared our specimens. From thesebirds the Zambesi
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