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



No. 331. ? . Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 21, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet pale 



pinkish brown ; iris reddish brown. 



No. 780. S • E. of L. Bangweolo, Oct. 17, 1908. 



Bill dusky; feet brownish flesh-coloured; iris reddish 

 brown. 



I found this Warbler decidedly local and only in very 

 open country. 



239. SCIICEXICOLA APICALIS. 



Schomicola apicalis (Cab.) ; Reich, loc. cit. vol. iii. 

 p. 577. 



No. 418. Lufupa R., 1000 ft., Oct. 29, 1907. 



Bill dark brown above, whitish below; feet pale brown ; 

 iris olive-brown. 



No. 450. S • Near Serenje, N.E. R., 4500 ft., Dec. 19, 

 1907. 



Bill black, blue-grey below ; feet pale greyish brown ; iris 

 olive-brown. 



No. 451. S • Near Serenje, Dec. 19, 1907. 



Bill black above, lower mandible blue-grey, base dusky ; 

 feet pale greyish brown ; iris brown. 



No. 609. (J. Luena, July 15, 1908. 



Bill dark bluish grey, whitish below ; feet pale brownish ; 

 iris brown. 



Not uncommon on open grassy plains and swamps, but 

 difficult to shoot. 



240. Bradypterus msiri. 



Bradypterus msiri Neave, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. p. 25 



(1909). 



This species differs from B. nyassa Shelley, in its dull 

 chestnut-brown colouring above, its dusky brown head, and 

 faintly indicated buff eyebrows : it is also distinguished by 

 its white throat and chest, aud the chestnut colour of the 

 sides of the body and under tail-coverts. It has also a 

 longer and more slender bill. Total length 5*2 inches; culmen 

 0-57; wing 2-1; tail2"7; tarsus 07. 



