obtained in British East Africa. 63 



(1894); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 75 (1896); O. Neuiu. 

 J. f. O. 1900, p. 303. 



No. 143. $ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 3, 1896. Bill 

 black, lower mandible dusky horn-blue; feet flesh-colour: 

 iris hazel. 



181. ClSTlCOLA RUFA. 



Cisticola rvfa (Fraser) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 221 (1894: Karagwe; Bukoba) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. 

 p. 75 (1896). 



a. Juv. Sannia, Nov. 14, 1894. 



b. ? ad. Kampala, April 3, 1895. 



182. Prinia mystacea. 



Prinia mystacea Biipp. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 155 (Mt. 

 Eigon) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 57 (Uganda); id. Vog. 

 deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 225 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 73 

 (1896) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1898, p. 138 (Witu) ; Hinde, t. c. 

 p. 580 (Machako's) ; Hartert, Afr. Sun, App. p. 352 (1899) ; 

 O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 308. 



No. 50. ? ad. N'tebi, Oct. 3, 1895. 



Nos. 148, 149. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 4, 1896. Iris 

 hazel ; bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 



Nos. 198, ? ; 199, c? ad. Ravine, Man, July 24, 1896. 

 Bill black, with base of lower mandible horn-blue; feet 

 brownish flesh-colour. 



No. 424. c? juv. Ravine, Nov. 20, 1896. Bill brown, 

 lower mandible horn-blue. 



No. 512. c? ad. Ravine, March 5, 1897. Eyelids light 

 brown. Plentiful. Generally three or four together in the 

 long grass and. coarse herbage that grows in spots formerly 

 cultivated. Very restless and keej)s up a perpetual twitter 

 as it darts about in the herbage. 



No. 516. c? ad. Ravine, March 6, 1897. 



No. 571. c? ad. „ March 28, 1897. Bill very dark 



brown, the base horn-blue with dusky tip. 



Nos. 581, 582, 583. (? ad. Ravine, March 29, 1897. 



No. 809. $ ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 27, 1898. 



