11. CISTICOLA. 249 



Drymoeca cinerascens, Heugl. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 296 ; id. Ibis, 1869, 



p. 131. 

 Drymceca concolor, Heugl. Ibis, 1869, p. 97, pi. 2. fig. 1. 

 Drjmoica concolor, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 199, no. 2791 (1869). 

 Drymoica cinerascens, Gray, t. c. p. 199, no. 2784. 

 Drvmoica semitorques. Gray, t. c. p. 201, no. 2823. 

 Cisticola concolor, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 253 (1869), iv. App. 



p. Ixxiv (1873). 

 Cisticola cinerascens, Heugl. t. c. p. 264 (1869). 

 Diymoeca swauzii, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 476 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 31 



(1871). 

 Drymceca swartzii (lapsu), Shelley c^- Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 287. 



Adult (Gold Coast ; type of D. siuanzii). General colour above 

 dull grey, the crown of the head rufous-brown, the upper tail- 

 coverts shading oil' into dull fulvous ; wing-coverts ashy brown, the 

 least series greyish, slightly washed with olive-fulvous, the greater 

 series and the primary-coverts narrowly margined with yellowish 

 buff; quills dark brown, externally washed with rufous, so as to 

 give a very rufous appearance to the outer aspect of the wing ; tail 

 greyish brown, obscurely undulated under certain lights, the two 

 centre feathers rather browner and without a subterminal bar, all 

 the other feathers tipped with ashy fulvous, preceded by a tolerably 

 broad bar of black : lores, feathers round the eye, and sides of face 

 buffy white, slightly shaded with brown on the upper margin of the 

 ear-coverts ; entire under surface of body light yellowish buff, whiter 

 on the throat, and deepening into tawny buff' on the flanks, thighs, 

 and under wing- and ta-1-coverts ; lower surface of quills ashy 

 brown, edged with pale tawny along the inner web. Total length 

 4-8 inches, culmeu 0-6, wing 2'1, tail 2*1, tarsus 0"85. 



Obs. Xone of the specimens examined by me have had the sex 

 determined ; but they do not seem to vary much in size ; two mdi- 

 viduals, however, have the wing and tail 2-'2 inches in length. 



Adult in ivinter plumage (type of C. concolor, Heugl.). General 

 colour above light earthy brown, slightly ashy, and quite uniform ; 

 lesser wing-coverts and median coverts asby brown, edged with 

 reddish brown ; greater coverts ashy brown, edged with brighter 

 rufous ; bastard-wing feathers ashy brown, margined with buffy 

 whitish ; primary-coverts and quills light brown, externally rufous, 

 especially near the base of the quills ; secondaries lighter brown, 

 washed with pale rufous; (upper tail-coverts shot away;) tail-feathers 

 light brown, barred with dusky under certain lights, margined with 

 reddish brown, two centre feathers not paler-tipped, and having a 

 very slight subterminal black shade, the remainder tipped with 

 ashy, buffy white on the external feathers, and all having a very 

 broad and distinct subterminal bar of black : crown of the head, 

 occiput, and nape uniform rufous, a shade of which colour extends 

 to the hind neck ; lores and a narrow line above the eye, as well as 

 the feathers at the base of the forehead, with fulvous shaft-lines ; 

 feathers round the eye yellowish white, the sides of the crown 

 rather brighter rufous ; ear-coverts light brown washed with rufous, 

 and having pale shaft^streaks ; cheeks, throat, and underparts of the 



