from SomaUland and Southern Abyssinia. 651 



dark part of the tail-feathers is uniform black from the 

 white tip to the base, and there is no differentiated sub- 

 terminal black spot. 



1^ . Long. tot. 4'2 incheSj exposed part of culmen 0*35, 

 wing 2 0, tail 1*6, tarsus 0"8. 



? . Long. tot. 4'2 inches, exposed part of culmen 0'3j, 

 wing 2'0, tail TO, tarsus 0'75. 



a, b. c? ? . Aroharlaise, SomaUland, 3rd April. Nos. 7Q^ 

 & 765. [Types of the species.'] 



Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; legs pale brown. 



[Miss Lavender Pease's Fantail- Warbler was only seen 

 on the return journey across the maritime plain, when 

 the grass was green after the rain ; it rose sharply out 

 of the grass and had a rapid up-and-down kind of flight. 

 It was thinly scattered over many miles of plain. — A. E. P.j 



130. ClSTICOLA TERRESTRIS. 



Cisticola terrestris (Smith) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 159. 



a,h. J?. JeffiDunsa, S.Abyssinia, 28th Dec. Nos. 323 

 & 326. 



c. ? . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 11th Jan. No. 367. 



Iris light brown ; bill dark brown or brown ; legs light 

 brown or light yellow. 



The above specimens, shot in December and January, differ 

 somewhat from typical South-African examples in having 

 the edges to the feathers of the upper parts paler; the rump 

 is rufous buff rather than rufous, and in this respect they 

 approach C. hindii. 



[The Terrestrial Fantail- Warbler was found on the same 

 ground as the Yellow-throated Pipit [Macronyx flavicoUis), 

 always on the high plateau among the tall grass. — A. E. P.] 



131. Cisticola cinereola. 



Cisticola cinereola Salvad. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 159. 



Cisticola somalica Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 483. 



a. ^. Hoorsa, S. Abyssinia, 4th Dec. No. 177. 



b. ? . Filwa, S. Abyssinia, 8th Mar. No. 649. 



Iris light brown ; bill dusky brown ; legs yellowish brown 

 or light brown. 



