58 Mr. P. J. Jackson on Birds 



173. ClSTIUOL\ CHENIANA. 



Gisticola cheaiam (Snith) ; R3ich3n. Vog. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afr. p. 222 (1894) (Lake Naivasha); Ogilvie Grant, Ibis 

 1900, p. 161 ; O. Nenm. J. f. O. 1900, p. 303. 



No. 22. S ad. Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 1, 1892. 

 No. 245. J ad. Elgeyu, 3703 fest, A.ug. 13, 1S93. Iris 

 hazel; bill black, with lower raaniible horn-blu3; feet flesh- 

 colour. Very plentiful. 



No. 326. ? ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 15, 1896. Bill 

 dasky black, with lower mmdibb whitish horn. Nest in 

 tuft of grass near a stream, very loosely CDnstructed, entirely 

 of coarse grass lined with finer. Eggs three, pale blue with 

 dusky spots like those of a Linnet. 



No. 380. ? ad. Njeraps, Sept. 20, 1896. 

 Nos. 757, 769. ^ ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 11, 13, 1897. 

 No. 812. c? ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 28, 1897. 

 [One specimen from Elgeyu seems to me to be inseparable 

 from the true C. chemana of South Africa. Another from 

 the Athi River (C. subruficapilJa Hinde, Ibis, 1900, p. 498) 

 also apparently belongs to this paler race. The majority of 

 the specimens, however, are darker birds, with dull rufous 

 heads, the crown obscurely, but the back broadly, striped with 

 blackish brown, and at first sight they appear to represent a 

 dark broadly-striped race. I find, however, that many speci- 

 mens from other parts of Africa approach them in colour, 

 and for the present, at least, I think it better to keep all 

 these East-African birds under the heading of C. cheniatia. — 

 R. B. S.] 



174. CiSTICOLA PROCEIIA. 



Gisticola procera Peters; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 158; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 75 (1896); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, 

 p. 607. 



No. 181. S ad. Man, 8500 feet, July 12, 1896. Iris 

 hazel; bill black, lower mandible horn-blue. 



Nos. 359, 360. ^ ad. et imm. Molo River, Sept. 17, 1896. 

 Iris stone-grey ; bill brown, lower mandible yellow ; feet 

 bluish flesh-colour. In buildinff the nest this bird weaves 

 leaves together to form the roof. 



