160 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



It differs only in liaving the bnff on tlie nnderparts more 

 prononnced; and this difference is probably seasonal, for 

 the types of C. somaUca were colleeted in July and August, 

 while the type of C. cinereola was obtained in February, and 

 the birds before us, which exactly resemble the latter, are 

 dated 16th aud 17th January. 



[This Grass-Warbler is more like a Pipit in its habits 

 than the rest of the species of Cisticola, spending much of 

 its time on the ground. It was met with only on the dry 

 Hawash plain. — L.] 



117. Cisticola ekythkogexvs. 



Cisticola erythrogenys (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 275 (1883). [Female.] 



Cisticola robusta Riipp. ; Salvad. Ann. ]\Ius. Civ. Gen. xxi. 

 p. 146 (1881), & xxvi. p. 252 (1888). [Male.] 



a. S ■ Dci'i'u, Abyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 117.) 



h. ? . Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 124.) 



c. S. Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 283.) 



d. S . Lekamte, Abyssinia, 16 March, 1899. (No. 429.) 

 a, b, c. Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; legs light brown. 

 d. Iris light hazel; ])ill dark; legs light. 



The males of this species are, as is usual with members of 

 this genus, very much larger than the females. 

 a. S- "Wing 3"0 inches, tail 1*1. 

 6. ? . „ 2-5 „ „ 1-1. 



c. S. „ 30 „ „ 1-2. 



d. Q . ,, '^' J }) }i ^ ^' 



Specimen d differs from a and c in liaving the lower back 

 and rump almost uniform black. 



[A very common species throughout Abyssinia. I shot one 

 at Derru out of a flock of Quelea athiopica, apparently feeding 

 •on the dhurra-stalks ; but the contents of the bird's crop Avere 

 unfortunately not noted. — L.] 



118. Cisticola lugubris. 



Cisticola lugubris (Riii^p.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 

 p. 280 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 149 

 (1884), & xxvi. p. 253 (1888). 



