PASSERES— MUSCICAPID.i: 115 



Prinia gracilis gracilis (Lichtcnstcin). 



J $ Above grey brown with dark striations, tail faintly barred 

 with white tips and dark subterminal bar ; beneath white tinged 

 butif. Bill dark brown, pale below at base. Legs and feet 

 yellowish flesh. Wing 45-48. Tail 55-62. Tarsus 17-18. 

 Ciilmen 10-12 (H.). 



/vVjvV/tv//.— Nile Valley from Dongola south ; Fayoum. 



P. gracilis deltae Rcichcnow. Darker above with much 

 bolder striations. 



Resident. — Lower Egypt (Luxor to Damietta), east to Suez. 



P. gracilis natronensis Nicoll. Paler above than typical 

 form. Bill larger. Wing 46. 



Resident. — Wadi el Natron, Egypt (north-west of Cairo). 



CiSTICOLA. 



Tail 12 feathers, fan-shaped; small brown Warblers 

 frequenting grain fields or tangled herbage, also reeds; nest 

 a purse, with opening at top, amongst grass or low in bush; 

 eggs varial^le, pale blue unspotted or pale blue or white 

 spotted rufous. 



Cisticola cisticola cisticola (Temminck). Fantail 

 Wariu,er. 



^ 9 Above reddish buff, streaked black, rump and upper 

 tail coverts rufous ; beneath reddish buff, throat white ; tail 

 graduated with white tips and black subterminal bar. Bill 

 dark brown, yellowish white at base, below, inside mouth black. 

 Legs and feet yellow brown. Wing ^ 45-5-, $ 44-50- 

 Tarsus 16-19. Bill 8-10. 



Resident. — S. Spain, Portugal, Balearic Islands, Morocco, 

 Algeria, N. and C. Tunisia, Egypt. 



"C. c. arquata" (N. Africa), "C. c. mauritanica" (Algeria), 

 and "C. c. jordansi " (Portugal), are not separable. 



C. cisticola harterti Witherby. Edgings to feathers of upi)er 

 jxirts more buff and less grey, undcrparts more buff. 



Resident. — .S. Europe from France and Italy to Circece, Asia 

 Minor, and Egypt. 



