11. CI8TIC0LA. 239 



t?". Size smaller; •wing2'25in.; 

 underneath yellow; wing- 

 coverts edged with fid- 



vous mai-ginalis juv., p. 258. 



e'. Size very small ; wing not 

 exceeding TO in. : wing- 

 coverts edged with ful- 

 vous. 

 e^. No subterminal bar on 

 tail-feathers, which are 

 imiform blackish with 



pale tips terrestris 5 et ptil. hiem., 



/«. Tail-feathers blackish, [p. 268. 



but showing a subter- 

 minal bar of black, not 



very distinct exilis 2 et ptil. hiem., 



d'. Head uniform. [p. 270. 



ff". Head ashy rufous on forehead. 



I"'. Rump fulvous or rufous ; size 

 smaller: wing l"8.5-2'2 inches. 

 I*. Head brown or ashy brown; no 

 rufous collar. 

 1°. Tail-feathers with a shade of 

 light brown or rufous on inner 

 web before the subterminal j cisticola, p. 259. 



bar < cherina, p. 264. 



k^. Tail-feathers perfectly uniform ( htesitata, p. 265. 

 black, with pale tips but no 

 distinct subterminal bar .... terrestris, p. 266. 

 m'^. Head black ; a distinct rufous 



collar exilis, p. 269. 



m'" . Rump ashy grey, contra.sting with 

 back ; size larger : wing l-95-2'35 



inches higuhris, p. 280. 



h". Head entirely pale or dark rufous, quite 

 uniform. 

 «'". With a subterminal bar of black on 

 the tail-feathers when seen from 

 underneath. 

 n*. No streaks on the flanks. 

 l^. Rump and upper tail-coverts 

 rufous. 

 /■". Larger: wing 2'25 inches; tail- 

 feathers tipped with white . rttficeps, p. 282. 

 </". Smaller: wing r75-l'9in. ; 

 tail-feathers tipped with 



ashy fidvous e.vilis S ffistiv., p. 270. 



»h\ Rump and upper tail-coverts 



gi-eyish, the latter sometimes 



ashy fulvous. 



h". Upper tail-coverts streaked 



with black; back broadly 



streaked with black ; tips to 



outer tail-feathers white 



below luffitbris hiem., p. 281. 



t**. Upper toil-coverts not me- 

 sially streaked; back nnr- 



