in U(junda and on the Upper Con<jo. 297 



Kasongo and Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 6th-18th Feb. 



Iris pale brown ; bill black ; feet pale brown. 



[This Fan-tail Warbler was only found in the clearings in 

 the forest on the banks of the Upper Congo. It haunts high 

 trees as well as the long grass and has a peculiar note, quite 

 different to that of any other species of Cisticola that I 

 have heard. — D. C] 



Cisticola emini. / 



Cisticola rufopileata emini Reich, iii. p. 562 (1905). 



No. 5146. (^ . West of Baraka, North-west Tanganyika, 

 2500 ft., 8th Jan. 



Iris pale brown ; bill black ; feet pale brown. 



I have referred this specimen with some doubt to C. emini. 

 It agrees pretty closely with examples collected by Mr. F. 

 J. Jackson at Entebbe, Kamassia, and Eldoma Ravine, but 

 has the flight-feathers conspicuously margined on the outer 

 web with rufous-chestnut and the sides and flanks dull olive- 

 grey. Three of Mr. Jackson's specimens of Emin's Fan- 

 tailed Warbler, killed in August and September, are in 

 worn plumage, the rufous margins of the wing-feathers 

 being worn and faded ; a fourth specimen from Entebbe 

 killed in April is in less worn plumage, but though the outer 

 webs of the quills are margined with rufous the colour is not 

 so bright as in the Baraka bird. In all Mr. Jackson^s 

 specimens of C. emini the breast and belly are huff, paler 

 down the middle and darker and greyer on the sides and' 

 flanks. The wing measures 2*8 inches ( = 71 mm.) ; tail 2*2 ; 

 tarsus 0'9. 



Cisticola nuchalis. 



Cisticola robusta nuchalis Reich, iii. p. 555 (1905). 



No. 5018. a. S- North of Lake Albert Edward, 

 3000 ft., 12th Oct. 



Nos. 5029, 5036, 5037, 5040, 5041. b-f. Mfumbiro 

 Volcanoes, 5000 ft., 18th-20th Nov. 



Iris pale brown ; bill black ; feet pale brown. 



Males : wing 25-2'6 inches. 



