11. CISTICOLA. 283 



Drymoeca leucopygia, Hetigl. t. c. p. 104. 



Drymoica cordofana, Gray, Haiid-l. B. i. p. 199, no. 2795 (1869). 



Cisticola leucopygia, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 259, iv. App. p. Ixxiv 



(1809-71). 

 Cisticola cordofana, Heugl. t. c. i. p. 2G0 (1869). 

 Cisticola ruficeps, i/twy/. /6/s, 1869, p. 143; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 



p. 2-58, iv. App. p. Ixxiv (1876-71). 

 Cistodyta scotoptera, Stindev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 6 (1872). 



Adult. General colour above pale brown, streaked on the back 

 and scapulars, the feathers edged with whity brown or pale fulvous ; 

 the lower back and rump uniform dark brown ; wing-coverts light 

 brown, with paler brown edges, a little more rufescent on the greater 

 series ; quills and primary-coverts dark brown, externally rufous, 

 with pale fulvescent edges, broader and lighter on the secondaries ; 

 upper tail-coverts clear rufous ; tail-feathers dark brown with rufes- 

 cent edges, all tipped with white, before which is a subterniinal 

 blackish shade, the centre feathers light brown with rufescent mar- 

 gins ; crown of head and nape uniform rufous, the hind neck very 

 pale fulvous, lighter than the back ; lores and eyelid yellowish white ; 

 ear-coverts dusky pale rufous, with pale shaft-lines ; cheeks and 

 under surface yellowish buff, whiter on the chin and centre of the 

 abdomen ; thighs more tawny ; under tail-coverts yellowish bufif ; 

 on the lower flanks the feathers long and silky, and of a pale fulvous 

 or white colour ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellowish buff; 

 quills brown below, whitish along the edge of the inner web ; bill 

 clear rufous, darker at the tip and on the culmen ; feet i-eddish 

 3-ellow ; iris clear brown. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0'45, 

 wing 2-25, tail I'D, tarsus 0-85. 



Obs. The type of Drymceca leucojjyyia of Heuglin is a damaged 

 specimen of C rnjiceps in the Vienna Museum. The rump having 

 been shot away, the long silky white feathers of the lower flanks 

 have been pulled over on each side, so that the bird looks as if it 

 had a white rump, which is not really the case. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Southern Nubia (Kofschy). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



28. Cisticola subruficapilla. 



Drymoica subruficapilla, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. 76. fig. 2 

 (1843); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 163 (1848) ;"i>/;. Consp. i. p. 283 

 (1850) ; Gtirney, P. Z. S. 1^64, p. 2; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 91, 

 no. 160 (1867) ; Gray, JIand-l. B. i. p. 197, no. 2739 (1869). 



Drymoica chiniana, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. 79 (184;1) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 163 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 283 (1850) ; Giir- 

 ney. Ibis, 1864, p. 2 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 91, no. 158 (1867) ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 198, no. 2743 (1869). 



Cisticola campestris, Gould, I'. Z. S. 1845, p. 20. 



Cisticola magna, Gould, B. Aiisfr. fnl. iii. pi. 41 (1848); Bp. Consp. 

 i. p. 287 (1850) ; Gould, Ilandb. B. Austr. i. p. 349 (1865)*. 



* Cf. Salv. Strickl. Cat. p. 54 (1882). 



