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I have not been able to measure the type myself, and have some doubt whether 

 the tail is measured by my method. 



Measurements. 



• Type c?, Lake Naiwascha. (Fischer) Berlin 

 ?, „ „ (Jackson) Priv. Mils, 

 c?, Nairobi. (Jackson) Priv. Mns. 

 ? , Umbngwe. (Neuman) Berlin 

 <?, Lake Zuai. (Pease) Br. Mus. 

 ? , Zambesi (29. x. 98). (Alexander) Priv 

 Mus 



Calamocichla leptorhyncha (Rchw.). 



Turdirosti-ia leptorhyncha Rchw. 0. C. 1879. p. 155 [Tschara, Tana River]. 

 Lusciniola gracilirostrls (nee Hartl.) Alexander, Ihis IflOO. p. 81 [Zambesi, partim]. 

 Acrncephalus gracilirostris (nee Hartl.) Hartert, Nin\ Zool. 1898. p. 70 [Upper Shire]. 

 EM,ryplila habaecula (nee Vieill.) Shell. Ihis 1897. p. 537 [Karonga, N. Nyassa]. 



Upperside brown, npper tail-coverts brighter (rnfous buff). Underside almost 

 white, flanks and belly very pale buff. 



Measurements. 



Wing. 

 Berlin 60 

 Hamburg 63 

 Priv. Mus. 



Tail. Tarsus. Hindclaw 



S (tiil)e), Tschara (Fischer). 

 S , Zanzibar (Fischer). 

 ? , Zambesi (Alexander). 



(? (lab. ?), Zambesi (Alexander). Priv. Mns. 

 S, Upper Shir6 (Ilendall). Tring 



(J, Lake Stephanie (Donaldson Smith). Tring 

 (J, TertaleMonutains (Donaldson Smith). Tring 



57 



62J 



62J 



04 



63 



64 



60 

 60 

 57 

 67 

 59 

 59 

 69 

 60 



mm. 



65 worn, over 60 

 00 worn, over 60 

 65 59 



61J 59 



61 61 



25 

 24 

 25 

 24J 



27 

 27 



27 



m 



25i 

 25 

 26 

 26 



8i „ 



8J „ 

 8 „ 



8J „ 



8J „ 

 ^ „ 



c?, Senna, Zambesi (Alex.). Br. Mus. 



c?, Karongo, N. N^-assa (Wyte). Br. Mns. 



cJ, Kagehi (Fischer). Berlin 



Karema (Bohm). Berlin 



? , Zanzibar (Stuhlmann). Berlin 



? , Bnkoba, Nyanza (Emin). Berlin 



The species appears to bo distributed from North Abyssinia, from where there 

 is a specimen collected by Wilke in the Berlin Museum, to the Zambesi. There 

 are, however, slight ditferences in the coloration. 



The type, and specimens from the Zambesi, have some white on the lores, 

 which is almost entirely absent in the specimens from Karema, Kagehi, Bukoba, 

 and North-East Africa. Bnt as also some individual variation occurs in this 

 character, no exact line can be drawn. 



In none of the specimens is the white of the lores so distinct as in Calamocichla 

 cunenensis, gracilirostris and zuluensis. 



Calamocichla zuluensis Neum. 



Acrocephahis haelicatua (nfc Vieill.) Sharpe, Jhis 1897. p. 50,0. 

 Calamocichla zulueiisu Neum., Bull. Br. Orn. CI. vol. .x.x. (1908). p. 96. 



I know two S2)edmens of this species, one of which is that collected 

 by the Brothers Woodward at Etchowe, Zululaud, and recorded by Sharpe as 



* Measurements of type taken from the ori^al description. 



