from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 161 



a. ?. Baroraa, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 142.) 



b. ($ . Cherchcr, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. (No. 171.) 



c. S ■ Kosso, Abyssinia, 8 February, 1899. (No. 303.) 

 Iris light hazel ; bill dark ; legs light. 



a. ? . Wing 2-15 inches, tail 089. 



b. <^. „ 2-5 „ „ 0-95. 



c. S. „ 2-5 „ „ 0-9. 



[One of the commonest species o£ Cisticola along our 

 route, and always met with in high grass. — L.] 



119. Cisticola lovati, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to G. hunteri Shelley, 

 from Kilimanjaro, having the same dark upper parts and the 

 peculiar smoke-coloured underparts. It maj^, however, be 

 at once distinguished by having a clear buff superciliary 

 stripe, the thighs and under tail- coverts pale whitish buff, 

 and the tips of the tail-feathers, especially the outer pairs, 

 whitish buff. In the types of C. hunteri the thighs are 

 rust-red, the under tail-coverts dark smoky grey, and the tips 

 of the tail-feathers dark brownish grey, like the basal portion. 

 Iris light hazel ; bill dark ; legs light brown. Total length 

 5'5 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 2*15, tail 2*25, tarsus TO. 



a. ^. Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 119.) 

 \jrype of the species.^ 



120. Cisticola chiniana. 



Cisticola chiniana (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 283 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 149 

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



a. cJ? Burka, Abyssinia, G January, 1899. (No. 123.) 



b. S' Jawaha,Abyssinio, 21 February, 1899. (No. 357.) 

 Iris light hazel ; bill dark ; legs light brown. 

 Specimen a, (J? (no doubt a female), with the wing 2*25 



inches, has the dark markings on the upper parts more washy 

 and less distinct than in any of the large number of speci- 

 mens examined; still I think there is little doubt that it 

 belongs to this species. In specimen b, ^ , the wing measures 

 2'65 inches. 



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