296 Mr. W. 11. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



CiSTICOLA TERRESTRIS (A. Smith). 



Cisticola terrestris Reich, iii. p. 558 (1905). 



No. 5097. a. S- North of Lake Tanganyika, 3000 ft.^ 

 19th Dec. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet very pale brown. 



The Wren Fan-tail Warbler is widely distributed, ranging^ 

 from Southern Abyssinia and East Africa to South Africa 

 and westwards into Damaraland. 



I may here remark that in Dr. Reichenow's Avork (o/j. 

 cit. p. 559) we find under C. brunnescens '^ Aroharlaise IV. 

 (Pease)." This is of course a mistake, for the bird which 

 Sir Alfred Pease procured at Aroharlaise in April was 

 C. lavendulcE {cf. Grant & Reid, 'Ibis/ 1901, p. 650), which 

 he mentions immediately below. There we find the locality 

 given as '^ Aroharlaise IV. (Reld) " ! 



Cisticola rufa (Fraser). 



Cisticola rufa Reich, iii. p. 567 (1905). 



No. 5007. a. $. South-west Uganda, 4000 ft., 

 27tli Sept. 



Nos. 5083, 5096. h, c. $ . North of Lake Tanganyika^ 

 3000 ft., 16th & 19th Dec. 



Nos. 5133, 5134. d, e. ? etcj'imm. North-west of Lake 

 Tanganyika, 4000 ft., 4tli Jan. 



Nos. 5142, 5143, 5158. f-h. S - Easi of Kasougo, Upper 

 Congo, 2000-3000 ft., 7th & 20th Jan. 



Iris pale brown; upper mandible black, lower mandible 

 pale brown ; feet yellow. 



The young male (No. 5134) procured on the 4tli of 

 January is almost certainly an immature example of Fraser's 

 Fan-tail W^arbler. It is quite a young bird, with the 

 chin, throat, and breast in tlie pale yellowish-white plumage 

 of immaturity. Its tail, however, is somewhat longer than 

 that of the adult male and measures 1*7 inches. In the adult 

 the tail varies from 1*5 to 1*6 inches. 



Cisticola rufopileata Reichenow. 



Cisticola rufopileata Reich, iii. p. 561 (1905). 



Nos. 5171, 5184, 5188, 5201, 5209. a-e. $ . Between 



