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certainly no increasing paleness from the throat to the abdomen 

 as would seem to be the case in damareims from Roberts's descrip- 

 tion. However, I have no topotypical material of either galtoni 

 or damarensis for comparison. 



The bird shows signs of molt in the wings. 



ACROCEPHALUS BAETICATUS BAETICATUS (VieiUot) 



Sylvia bacticata Vieilxot, Nouveau dictiounaire d'histoire naturelle, vol. 11, 

 p. 195, 1S17 (South Africa, ex Levaillant, pi. 121, fig. 2). 



A male was collected in bushy undergrowth at Fish River, 6 miles 

 from Berseba, on March 1, 1931. It has a scolding song, according 

 to Mi-s. Sordahl's notes. 



ERYTHROPYGIA CORYPHAEUS ABBOTI Friedmann 



Eriithropygia coryphaeus abhoti Friedmann, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 45, p. 65, Apr. 2, 1932 (Fish River, 6 miles from Berseba, Southwest African 

 Protectorate). 



Abbot's ground robin is known only from two specimens collected 

 by Mrs. Sordahl at the type locality, March 1, 1931. As stated in 

 the original description, it differs from the nominate form in having 

 much smaller white tips on the outer rectrices. 



One of the two specimens is unsexed. the other is a female, but as 

 Mrs. Sordahl found them together in a tree with two half-grown 

 young and considered them a mated pair, it is very probable that 

 the unsexed bird is a male. Both specimens are in abraded plumage. 



Family SYLVIIDAE, Old World Warblers 



CISTICOLA SUBRUFICAPILLA NAMAQUA Lynes 



Gisticola subruficapilla namaqua Ltnes. Ibis, suppl., Oct., 1930, p. 216 (Klipfon- 

 tein, Little Nainaqualaud). 



Two specimens were obtained at 4,000 feet on Mount Brukkaros, 

 an unsexed bird on June 29, 1930, and a male on July 20, 1930. 



Mrs. Sordahl observed tliis grass-warbler dodging in and out 

 among the low bushes of the mountain side. She records the call 

 as a sharp, short note. 



The unsexed bird is small and is probably a female. The dimen- 

 sions of the two specimens are as follows (the first figure in each 

 case refers to the male): Wing, 58, 51; tail. 58 (molting), 53.5; 

 culmen from base, 11, 10.5 mm. 



These two specimens constitute a notable northward extension of 

 the known range of this bird, which was previously recorded only 



