500 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



treated of in ray next paper, the birds are sliglitly smaller 

 and have the breasts of a paler chestnut colour. 



[Found on the Peak and as far as Miissarka, alt. 6800 ft. 

 — B. A.] 



37. Cisticola discolor. 



Cisticola discolor, Sjostedt, Orn. Monatsber. 1893, p. 8i : 

 Cameroon Mt. 



a. S ad. (No. 1). Cameroon Mt. 28.iii.09. 



b-e. (? J (? ? ad. (Nos. 2, S, 5, 6). „ „ 13. iv. 09. 



/. ? ad. (No. 4). „ „ 22. iv. 09. 



ff. ^ ad. „ „ 17.V.09. 



This fine Grass-Warbler appears to be confined to 

 Cameroon Mountain, where the type was obtained at Mann's 

 Spring, 7000 ft., and described by Sjostedt. Two examples 

 in tbe British Museum collected by Sir Harry Johnston in 

 1886 had been wrongly referred to Cisticola rvficapilla 

 Fraser. The series obtained by Alexander is a very valu- 

 able one. 



[Found at an altitude of 7000 ft. Breeding. It has a 

 loud penetrating song. — B. A.] 



38. Cisticola rufopileata. 



Cisticola rufopileata Reichw. Journ. fur Orn. 1891, p. 69 : 

 Niin River (Cameroon). 



a. (^ ad. Buea, Cameroon Mt. 17. v. 09. 



The range of C. rufopileata is said by Reichenow to extend 

 from the Niger to Angola. It appears that Reichenow 

 renamed the bird obtained by Fraser on the " River Nun, 

 western Africa '' which Fraser called '^ Drymoica rujicapilla" 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 16). Fraser^sname was, however, 

 preoccupied for the South African D. ruficapilla Sm., but 

 his type locality " Niin River '^ must stand, as Reichenow 

 did not describe the same bird from a different locality but 

 only renamed Fraser's bird. 



39. Bradypterns camerunensis. 



Bradypteriis camerunensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. (*. xxv. 

 1909, p. 19 : Peak of Cameroon. 



