obtained in British East Africa. 61 



S (Masai-land, &c.). Wing 2-5-3-7, tail 1-9-20. 



$ (do.). ,, 2-35, ,, 1-75. 



S (Man, Ravine, &c.). Wing 2-7-2-9, tail 1-9-2-05. 



?. „ 2-5, ,, 1-8.-R.B.S.] 



176. CiSTICOLA AMBIGUA. 



Cisticola erythrogtnys (nee Riipp.) ; Hinde, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 498 (N'gong ; Macliako's). 



Cisticola ambiyua Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 28 (Nov. 

 1900). 



a. ^ ad. Man, 8000 feet, Oet. 30, 1895. Bill dusky 

 brown, lower mandible fleshy white; feet flesh-colour; iris 

 hazel. 



No. 90. 6 ad. Ravine, Mau, June 15, 1896. Plentiful. 



No. 560. $ ad. „ March 26, 1897. Bill 



black, lower mandible horn-blue. Plentiful at the Ravine 

 in the scattered low bush and long grass. A very noisy 

 little bird. 



Nos. 568, 569. S ad. Ravine, March 28, 1897. 



Nos. 576, 577. 6 ad. „ March 29, 1897. Bill 



black, base of lower mandible bluish horn-white. 



177. Cisticola fischeri. 



Cisticola fischeri Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 162; id. Vog. 

 deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 221 (1891) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 75 

 (1896). 



No. 432. c5' juv. Ravine, Dec. 5, 1896. Bill brown, the 

 lower mandible flesh-colour ; feet brownish flesh-colour, with 

 duller joints. 



No. 1217. $ juv. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 17, 1898. 



[Both these specimens are young birds, but they are 

 very tawny in colour, and must apparently be C. fischeri. — 

 R. B. S.] 



178. Cisticola emini. 



Cisticola emini Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 56 (Bussissi) ; 

 id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 220 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, 

 i. p. 75 (1896). 



a. d ad. Ntebi, April 29, 1895. 



Nos. 317, 318. 6 $ ad. Kamassia, 4000 feet, Aug. 22, 1896. 



