158 Mr. E. C. Chubb on the Birds of 



92. CiSTICOLA RUnCAPILLA. 



Cisticola ruficapilla Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. 73. 

 fig. 1 (1842). 



Cisticola ahermns Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 143. 



a. March 4, 1907. 



I took a nest of this species at Belle Vue on Feb. 20th, 

 1908. It contained three pale blue eggs finely spotted with 

 light red, measuring 15*5 x 12 mm. The nest was cup- 

 shaped and circular {2\" internal diameter) and built of 

 soft grass-blades lined with fine vegetable hair. It was 

 situated in tall grass. 



93. Cisticola subruficapilla. 



Cisticola subruficapilla Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 151. 



Ants were found in the stomach of one specimen examined. 

 Another Avas shot as it flew' from the nest. This was situated 

 in a tuft of thick grass on the ground and contained one 

 e^''"- and two young. The egg was transparent white with 

 purplish-brown spots, thickest at the larger end. It measures 

 19 X 8 mm. The nest was cup-shaped and formed of w^oveu 

 o-rass, bound together and lined with silky down from 

 plants. 



94. Silvia cinerea. 



Sylvia cinerea Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 81. 



a. ? . Feb. 15, 1908 (in full moult). 



The Whitethroat appears to have been only once previously 

 recorded from South Africa. It was obtained at Otniovapa 

 in Damaralaiul by Andersson on January 12, 1867. 



95. Phvlloscopus trochilus. 



PkyUuscopus trochilus Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 81. 

 rt. March 22, 1908. 



96. Dryodromas fulvicapilla. 



Cisticola fulvicupilla Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 141. 



a. Jan. 8, 1908. '' Umdonya." 



I took a nest of this bird, which is a plentiful resident, on 

 March 14, 1908. It was situated in the fork of a low 

 bush about one foot from the ground, and contained three 



