498 Dr. S. L. Ilinde on 



penultimate feather has tlie tip white, as well as a narrow 

 edging to the outer web ; tlie third feather has simply a 

 white spot at the tip. — R. B. S.] 



19. CiSTICOLA SUBRUFICAPILLA (Smith). 



No 157, c?- Athi river, Sept. 15, 1899. 



This species lives in the long grass or low scrub on the 

 plains. It is one of the commonest birds in the Ukamba 

 Province and one of the tamest. 



[Agrees with a specimen obtained by Mr. F. J. Jackson at 

 Kibwezi.— R. B. S.J 



20. CisTicoLA HixDEi Sharpe ; Hinde, Ibis, 1898, p. 580, 

 pi. xii. fig. 2. 



a-e, ad. Machako's, May 20, 1898. 

 /, ad. Machako's, Aug. 4, 1898. 

 y, ad. Athi river, Aug. 1899. 



[The specimen killed in August appears to be in full 

 winter plumage with striped head, while the males procured 

 in May have the uniform crown of the summer plumage. — 

 R. B. S.] 



21. CiSTICOLA ERYTHROGENVs (RUpp.) ; Sharpc, Cat. B. 

 Brit. xMus. vii. p. 275 (1883). 



a, ^ ad. Machako's, June 5, 1898. 



b-d, S ad. N'gong, Nov. 1898-Jan. 1899. 



22. Myrmecocichla cryptoleuca Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 445; 1892, p. 163. 



a, S ad.; b, c, ? imm. N'gong, Masailand, Sept. 29, 1898. 

 [The adult female will probably be indistinguishable from 

 the male. The two specimens sent by Dr. Hinde do not 

 seem to be quite adult, as they have some rusty-brown 

 feathers intermixed with the black plumage, probably 

 evidences of immaturity. This seems to be a totally distinct 

 species from M. formicivora, which is altogether a brown bird. 

 — R. B. S.] 



23. Crateropus hypoleucus Cab. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 164. 



a, ? . Athi river, Sept. 18, 1899. 



