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Range must belong to the same species, but the slight 

 differences shown in the series in the British Museum seem 

 to be worth mentioning. 



18. Cisticola rufa. 



Drymoica rufa Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 17: "^ River 

 Quorra, opposite Iddah/' West Africa. 



fl. ^ ad. (No. 1). Ninong, ManengubaMts. 10. vi. 09. 



h. ? imm. (No. 2). „ „ „ 29. vi. 09. 



The specimens are both referable to C. rufa. As I was at 

 first somewhat doubtful as to whether this was the case, 

 I referred them to ]\Ir. W. L. Sclater, who kindly examined 

 them and pronounced them to be adult and immature 

 examples of the species stated. 



19. Schcenicola apicalis. 



Catriscus apicalis Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1850, p. 43 : 

 Kafferland. 



a-c. S ad. (Nos. 1-3). Manenguba Mts. 28. v. 09. 



The three specimens of S. apicalis obtained by Alexander 

 at Manenguba extend the known range of this Fan-tailed 

 Warbler very considerably. 



An examination of the series in the British Museum 

 shows that the bird is found in Natal, Transvaal, Southern 

 Rhodesia, Nyasaland, south-east Belgian Congo, British 

 East Africa, and Uganda (where it was obtained by the 

 naturalists of the Ruwenzori Expedition), and north to the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal country, where it was procured, according 

 to Dr. Reichenow, by Heuglin. Until quite recently no 

 example of Schosnicola had been obtained from any part 

 of West Africa. Now, however, there is a bird in the 

 British Museum from near Ndalla Tando (northern Anp^olal, 

 procured in 1908 by Ansorge. This remained the only 

 record from western Africa until Alexander obtained 

 examples in Cameroon. 



Dr. Reichenow has described as a new species the form 

 from northern Uganda (type-loc, Asholi, vide Orn. Monatsb. 

 XV. 1907, p. 172), and alleges that it can be distinguished 

 from typical S. apicalis from South Africa. 



