248 TIMELIID^. 



shade of blackish, indistinct on the centre feathers, the two outer- 

 most with a second white spot on the inner web, just before the 

 dark subtermiual bar ; lores ashy whitish, as also a faint eyebrow ; 

 ear-coverts pale ashy : cheeks and the under surface of the body 

 ashy whitish, greyer on the fore neck and breast ; abdomen whiter ; 

 sides of the body and flanks ashy grey ; thighs brown : under tail- 

 coverts ashy whitish ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills 

 below dusky ; inner edge of quills ashy whitish. Total length 4'3 

 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 1-9, tail 1"75, tarsus 0'8. 

 Hah. Island of Socotra. 



a, b. (S ad. sk. Socotra. Prof. Balfour [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. 2 juv. sk. Socotra. Prof. Balfour [C.]. 



5. Cisticola ruflcapilla. 



Drymoica ruflcapilla, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 16; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 163 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 284 (1850) ; Gray, Hancl-l. B. i. 



p. 198, no. 2753 (1869). 

 Drymo?ea rulicapiUa, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 57 (1857) ; Beichenow, 



J.f. O. 1875, p. 45, 1877, p. 30. ' 



Drymoica lateralis {noti Fraser), Cass. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1859, p. 37 ; 



Hartl. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 110. 



Adult. General colour above uniform dark brown, more ashy on 

 the lower back and rump ; lesser wing-coverts ashy ; median and 

 greater coverts, bastard wing and primary-coverts dark brown, with 

 lighter brown edges ; quills dark brown, with margins of paler 

 brown, slightly rusty in colour ; upper tail-coverts ashy brown, 

 like the rump ; centre tail-feathers brown, with paler brown edges, 

 the remainder of the feathers brown, tipped with ashy fulvous 

 or whity brown, and preceded by a broad subtermiual spot of 

 black : crown of the head and nape rufous-brown, uniform and con- 

 trasting with the bu.ck ; lores and the feathers round the eye yel- 

 lowish buff; ear-coverts yellowish buff, rufous along the upper 

 margin and having paler shaft-lines ; cheeks yellowish buff; throat 

 and under surface of the body dull white : fore neck and chest 

 washed with yellowish buff, sides of the breast washed with ashy ; 

 abdomen purer white ; sides of the body ashy, inclining to fulvous 

 on the flanks ; thighs tawny bufli'; under tail-coverts pale fulvous; 

 under wing-coverts pale fulvous ; axillaries ashy fiUvous ; quills 

 below light brown : inner edge of quills ashy rufous ; " bill black ; 

 feet flesh-colour ; iris clear brown " (Reichenow). Total length 5*1 

 inches, culmeu U-65, wing 2'45, tail 2-05, tarsus 0'95. 



Hub. West Africa, from the Gold Coast to Gaboon. 



a. Ad. sk. Gaboon {DuCliaillu). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Gaboon. P. B. DuChaUlu, Esq. [0.]. 



6. Cisticola cinerascens. 



Cisticola semitorques, Heuql. J. f. O. 1862, p 40 (part.) ; id. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr. iv. p. Ixxv (18^3) 



