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(3. Crateropus kirki (Shiujje. 



<S ad. Kami) we, Lake Nj'assa, August 1895. " One of a noisy party, with liarsli 

 rattling cries and chorns. Bill black; iris deep orange, with a bright yellow ring 

 round the pupil." 



('. /dr/fi resembles (''. jardinei from S. Africa, but differs in being smaller and 

 having the abdomen browner, the tail not so dark. It differs specifically from 

 C. plebejm of N.E. Africa. A female from Uar es Salaam does not differ materially 

 from Dr. Eendall's bird. 



7. Cisticola natalensis (Smith). 

 July 31st, Upper Shire Uiver. " Bill above horn-colour, fading to pinkish 

 horn on lower mandible ; iris hazel : feet flesh-colonr." 



8. Cisticola lugubris (Riipp.). 



April and June, Fort Johnston and Upper Shire River. " Bill horn-coloar: 

 legs and feet flesh-colour; iris yellowish brown." " This bird has a habit of throwing 

 up its tail when moving among the reeds and rushes." Also February, Upper Shin' 

 River, in greyish plumage, while the others were in brownish plumage. 



f>. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 

 June, Ujiper Shire River. 



ID. Prinia mystacea Ru])p. 

 September, Moidiey Bay. " Iris yellowish hazel." 



11. Pycnonotus layardi Gurney. 



Kambwe, Lake Nyassa, August. "Bill, feet, and tarsi Idack; irides dark 

 brown; eyelids black and caruncnlate. Stomach fnll of coleopterous remains." 



12. Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw). 



A mule, shot on the Upper Shir^ River on March 4th, Lsyti, certainly belongs 

 to C. cupreus, but that species can probably be separated into several more or less 

 well-marked subspecies. The skin before me has the head, back, and throat metallic 

 coppery green, thus resembling the sjjecimeu from Angola described as C. chaleeus 

 by Hartlaub. 



The wing measures 64 mm. Skins from Sierra Leone and Senegambia before 

 me have the wing shorter, skins from the Congo eijually long or longer. One from 

 Senegambia is nearly as green as the one from the Shire River. 



13. Anthreptes hypodila (Jard.). 

 S ad. September 20th, Monkey Bay. " Iris brown." 



14. Macronyx croceus (Vieill.). 

 June, Upper Shire River, ('riips and stomachs were found full of insects, it 

 sings while sitting on a bush as well as in the air with expanded wings and tail. 



