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expressly informed that the feathers on the hinder part of 

 the head are grey tipped with olive-green, which is the 

 distinguishing characteristic of E. flavocincta. The type of 

 E. tjolzi was procured at Great Aruscha, while the typical 

 examples of E. flavocincta were procured by Hildebrandt 

 on the Athi River in Ukamba. 



[I only saw one example of this species at Kilimanjaro 

 besides the bird obtained at Nairobi. — A. B. P.] 



63. Prinia mystacea Riipp. 

 Prinia mystacea Reich, iii. p. 590. 



a. Ad. Mombasa. 



b. Ad. Nairobi, 21st May, 1902. (No. 285.) 



64. Cisticola rufa (Fraser). 

 Cisticola rufa Reich, iii. p. 567. 



a. £ imm. Shirnoni, 18th May, 1901. 

 Upper mandible horn-coloured, lower mandible yellowish 

 flesh-coloured ; legs pale flesh-coloured. 



65. Cisticola lugubris (Riipp.). 

 Cisticola lugubris Reich, iii. p. 552. 



a. Ad. Takaungu, 15th March, 1901. (No. 132.) 



b. Shimoni, June 1901. 



The native name for this bird is said to be " Dohasa." 



66. Cisticola cinerascens (Heugl.). 

 Cisticola semitorcjues Reich, iii. p. 563. 



a, b. J. Kikuyu Forest, 23rd & 24th April, 1902. 

 (Nos. 263, 268.) 



67. Cisticola nuchalis Reich. 



Cisticola nuchalis Jackson, Ibis, 1901, p. 59. 



Cisticola ambigua Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C xi. p. 28 (1900). 



Cisticola robusta nuchalis Reich, iii. p. 55b. 



a, b. Kikuyu Forest, April 1902. 



Dr. Sharpe has separated examples from Mau under the 

 name Cisticola ambigua on account of their uniform 

 flanks. This difference seems to be individual and is 

 certainly not of specific importance. 



