56 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



Cisticola mentalis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 241 



(1883). 



No. 55. 2 ad. N'tebi, Oct. 4, 1895. 



[This appears to me to be the true M. mentalis of West 

 A.frica, aud not the eastern racc^ M. orientalis. — R. B. S.] 



168. Cisticola terresthis. 



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

 p. 266 (1883) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 74 (1896); Ogilvie 

 Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 159; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 303; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 607. 



No. 173. S juv. Man, 8500 feet, July 11, 1896. Bill 

 brownish black, lower mandible pale horn-blue; feet flesh- 

 colour ; iris hazel. 



Nos. 174, 175. S ? ad. Mau, 8500 feet, July 12, 1896. 

 Iris hazel ; bill brownish black, lower mandible yellowish ; 

 feet pale yellowish flesh. 



169. Cisticola hindii. 



Cisticola hindei Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. vi. p. vii (1896) ; 

 Hinde, Ibis, 1898, p. 580, pi. vii. fig. 2 ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 vi. p. 49 (1900) ; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 303 ; Hinde, 

 Ibis, 1900, p. 498. 



Nos. 740, c? ; 741, 742, ? ad. Lake Naivasha, May 8, 

 1898, 



170. Cisticola tinniens (Licht.) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. 

 p. 74 (1896). 



a. S ad. Mau plateau, Dec. 20, 1895. 



No. 171. S ad. Mau, 8500 feet, July 11, 1896. Iris 

 hazel ; bill black, lower mandible pale horn-blue ; feet 

 brownish flesh-colour. 



No. 1016. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 20, 1898. Bill 

 brownish black, lower mandible dusky white ; feet flesh- 

 colour. Never seen, excepting in close vicinity to a marsh 

 or swampy hollow. 



No. 1059. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 4, 1898. Bill 

 black, lower mandible very pale horn-blue; feet yellowish 

 flesh-colour. First seen in a marshy hollow. 



Nos. 1066,1067. S ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, May 4, 1898. 



