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Iris liazel ; bill black, base of lower mandible horn-white ; 

 feet brownish flesh-colour. Plentiful. 



179. CiSTICOLA CHUBBI. 



Cisticola chubbi Sharpe, Ibis, 1892^ p. 157 (Mount Elgon) ; 

 Reichen. J, f. O. 1892, p. 56 (Bukoba) ; id. Vog, deutsch. 

 Ost-Afr. p. 220 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 75 (1896) ; 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 48 (1900). 



No. 144. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 3, 1896. Bill 

 black ; feet flesh-colour ; iris brown. 



Nos. 921, 922, 6; 929, 930, ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, 

 March 21-23, 1898. Iris bright crimson-brown ; bill black, 

 with base of lower mandible horn-blue. In bush ; several 

 seen together. 



No. 1015. 6 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 20, 1898. Iris 

 brown ; bill brownish black, base of lower mandible white. 



Nos. 1031, 1032, 1033. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 

 24, 1898. Iris crimson-brown. 



Very plentiful in the bush and thick vegetation at the edge 

 of the forest belts. Extremely noisy : three or four will sit 

 together and setm to vie with each other as to which will 

 call loudest. 



No. 1038. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 26, 1898. 



No, 1064. 6 ad. „ „ May 5, 1898. 



Very plentiful in Nandi, where it is found in small parties 

 of three or four together in the bush. It is a noisy bird at 

 all times, but particularly when three or four of them meet 

 in the bush. Here they sit together, spread out their tails, 

 and sway their bodies in all kinds of positions up and dow^n, 

 sideways, &c.j the whole time chattering in a loud and 

 comical chorus. 



No. 1065. ? ad. Nandi, May 4, 1898. Bill brownish, 

 lower mandible horn-blue, except the tip. 



No. 1082. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 7, 1898. Feet 

 flesh-colour with pinky tint. 



180. Cisticola erythrops. 



Cisticola erythrops (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 250 (1883) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 221 



