from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 159 



b. Iris light brown ; bill and legs black. 



c, d, e. Iris light hazel ; bill dark ; legs light. 



[A common bird, and easily distinguished by its cocked- 

 up tail and jerky flight. — L.] 



115. CiSTICOLA TERRESTRIS. 



Cisticola terrestris (Smith); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mns. vii. 

 p. 266 (1883) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 71 [Somaliland]. 



Hemipteryx terrestris Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 

 p. 255 (1888). 



a. ^ . Jig Jegga, Abyssinia, 23 December, 1898. (No. 21.) 



b. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. (No. 221.) 



c. ? . Kombolsha, Abyssinia, 15 February, 1899. 

 (No. 314.) 



d. Golba, Abyssinia, 25 February, 1899. (No. 373.) 

 Iris light brown ; bill dark brown ; legs light brown. 

 a. ^. Wing 2*1 inches. 



c. ? . Wing 1*9 inch. 



[This species favours the open plain, and is almost 

 invariably to be seen running on the ground. — L.] 



116. Cisticola cinereola. 



Cisticola cinereola Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 254 

 (1888) [Shoa]. 



? Cisticola somalica Sr arpe, P. Z. S. 1895, j). 483 [Western 

 Somaliland] . 



a. ^ . Hawash, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. [No. 205.] 



b. S- „ „ 17 January, 1899. [No. 216.] 

 Iris light brown; bill dusky; legs light. 



Two males in the collection undoubtedly belong to this 

 species. They agree perfectly with Salvadori's description 

 of the female type, but, as one might expect, are somewhat 

 larger. 



a. Wing 2'55 inches, tail 2*25. 



b. „ 2-5 „ „ 2-15. 



Salvadori^s female type from Farre, Shoa, measures : — 

 wing 2*24 inches, tail 1*92. 



C. somalica Sharpe, from Mimie and Ehrer in Western 

 Somaliland, is almost certainly identical with the present bird. 



