144 Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 



230. Melocichla mentalis. 



Melocichla mentalis (Fras.) ; Reich, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 538. 



No. 57. ? . Kambove, 4500 ft., Feb. 23, 1907. 



Bill blackisli above, whitish below; feet bluish slate- 

 coloured; iris brown. 



No. 181. $ . Junction of Lualaba and Lufupa Rivers, 

 3000 ft., May 11, 1907. 



Bill dusky horn- coloured, lower mandible whitish tipped 

 dusky; feet dark greyish; iris brown. 



No. 390. ? . Lufupa R., 4000 ft., Oct. 11, 1907. 



Bill black above, whitish below r ; feet slate-coloured ; iris 

 orange-brown. 



No. 761. $ . E. of L. Baugweolo, Oct. 8, 1908. 



Bill dusky, lower mandible greyish white ; feet slate- 

 coloured; iris reddish brown. 



This bird is difficult to obtain, as on the slightest alarm 

 it disappears into the long grasses in which it lives. It 

 has a singularly sweet song. 



231. ClSTICOLA STOEHRI. 



Cisticola stoehri Neave, loc. cit. p. 66. 



1 did not meet with this species again. It would therefore 

 seem to he confined to the low ground of the Luangwa 

 Valley. 



232. Cisticola nana. 



Cisticola nana Fisch. & Reich. J. f. O. 1884, p. 2G0 ; 

 Reich, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 560. 



No. 491. S • Chambezi Valley, 4000 ft., April 11, 1908. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, lower mandible whitish ; 

 feet flesh-coloured ; iris reddish brown. 



233. Cisticola hufo-pileata. 



Cisticola rufopileala Reich. ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 66. 



No. 82. ? juv. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 14, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured above, orange below; feet 

 dull pinkish ; iris olive greyish. 



No. 97. S • Dikulwe R., March 18, 1907. 



Bill dusky, somewhat paler below ; feet pale pinkish 

 brown ; iris yellow-brown. 



