650 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and lleicl on Birds 



in the dried skins^ and cannot be accounted for by any seasonal 

 change. In plumage the birds appear to be identical. 



[Hinde's Bush-Warbler has a wide range through Abys- 

 sinia and Gallaland down to the coast. — A. E. P.] 



126. Prinia murina. 



Prinia murina (Heugl.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 158. 



a, b. (^ . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 11th Jan. Nos. 368, 

 369. 



Iris light brown ; bill dark brown ; legs brown. 



[The Tawny-flanked Grass-Warbler continually worried 

 us, for we always found it in low bush and tall grass, and 

 were constantly led to believe that it was something else, 

 so that great numbers perished in consequence. — A. E. P.] 



127. BURNESIA GRACILIS. 



Burnesia gracilis (Cretzschm.) ; Sharpc, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 210 (1883). 



a, b, c. ? . Zaila, Somaliland, 5tli Nov. & 9th April. 

 Nos. 11, 13, & 780. 



Iris light hazel; bill black ; legs yellow-brown. 



[The Slender Grass- Warbler is common on tlie maritime 

 plain.— A. E. P.] 



128. CiSTICOLA cisncoLA. 



Cisticola cisticola (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. 

 vii. p. 259 (1883). 



a. S • Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 6th Dec. No. 204<. 



Iris and bill dark brown ; legs light brown. 



The Common Fantail-Warbler, though known to occur 

 throughout Africa, has not previously been recorded from 

 Southern Abyssinia. 



129. Cisticola lavendul/e, sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to C. heesitata, 

 from Sokotra, which it resembles in general appearance; 

 but the rump and upper tail-coverts are sandy bufl", uniform 

 with the back, and not rufous buff contrasting with it. In 

 C. hasitata the tail, viewed from above, has the dark sub- 

 terminal bars well marked and sharply defined from the 

 paler basal part of the feathers. In the present species the 



