242 TIMELirD^. 



above the lores pure white, and pointed like the frontal feathers ; 

 lores duU -white ; round the eje a ring of -whitish feathers ; ear- 

 covcrts chestnut, the feathers -with rufous-buff strealis ; cheeks 

 -white, as also the throat, -which is separated from the cheeks by a 

 narrow line of black ; rest of under surface of body ta-wny buff, 

 paler on the centre of the abdomen, and very deep ta-wny on the 

 sides of the body and under tail-coverts : under -wing-coverts light 

 ta-wny ; -wings dark brown, the least -wing-coverts externally ful- 

 vous-brown, the edges of the greater series more rufous, the primaries 

 externally edged with rufous ; tail-feathers dark brown, all obscurely 

 waved with dusky under certain lights, the outer ones with a ter- 

 minal spot of rufous buff; iipper mandible black, lower one bluish 

 grey ; " feet and claws bluish grey ; iris dark bro-wn " {Beiclienow) ; 

 "iris bright orange " (Gordon). Total length 7'8 inches, culmen 0'7, 

 wing 2-95, tail 3-6, tarsus 1-15. 



tion render tbeir non-ideutity Tery pi-obable : the uniform reddish bro-vrn tint of 

 the back, more brcwnish on the head, the presence of an auricular spot of brown 

 streaked with grey, and the absence of greyish edges to the wing-coverts and 

 secondaries, such are some of the principal differences -which we have to point 

 out in the coloration of our specimen.'' {Bocage, I. c.) 



6. CiSTICOLA ANGOLEXSIS. 



Drymoica angolensis, Socage, Jorn. Lish. 1877, p. 160, 1880, p. 56 ; id. 

 brn. Angola, p. 278 (1881). 



Adult male. Above strongly spotted with brown on a rufous-ashy ground ; 

 the feathers on the top of the head of a lively rufous with a dai-ker centre ; be- 

 low whitish buff, turning to buff on the abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts ; 

 wing-coverts and quills Isrown with rufous edges, marked with a black spot near 

 the extremity, which is reddish white ; bill strong and black, the mandible 

 yellowish at'the base; feet clear brown ; irisbro-mi. 



The female is coloured like the male, but is smaller. 



Dimensions are as foUow : — 



(J . Total length hlb inches, wing 3, tail 245, bill 0-6, tarsus I'l. 



2 . Total length 5 inches, -wing 245, tail 2, bill 0-55, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Caconda in Benguela. 



Ohs. This species is close to C. natalensis and C. ctirvirostris ; but its bill is 

 perceptibly less stout. The figure published by Smith of his C. Icvailkun'iig'wes 

 a good idea of the system of coloration in the two specimens : but they exceed 

 by so much the dimensions attributed to the last named species that it is im- 

 possible to refer them to it. {Socage, I. c.) 



This bird will probably turn out to be C. natalensis. 



7. CiSTICOLA ANTINORII. 



Drymceca sp., Antiii. Cat. descr. TJcc. p. 37 (1864). 

 Drymoeca autinorii, Heugl. Ibis, 1869, p. 102. 

 Drymoica antinorii, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 199, no. 2772 (1869). 

 Cisticola antinorii, Hcugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 257. 

 Adult. Of large size ; above uniform dusky with a rufous shade, underneath 

 whitish ; the flanks and under tail-coverts isabelline rufescent ; tail-feathers dusky 

 reddish, transversely streaked with indistinct very small lines, marked on the 

 inner web and partly on the outer one towards the tip with a black spot ; quiUs 

 dusky, margined with rufous ; bill horn-colour, robust and incurved ; iris dusky. 

 Hah. Gazelle river, iS'.E. Africa {Antinori). 



According to Yon Heuglin nearly allied to OrtJwtomus erythroftervs {vide 

 antea, p. 228). 



