318 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on 



Nos. 1778, 1891. ? ad. June 19, Aug. 7, 1906. 



Nos. 1997. (S ad. ; 2022. Nestling. Bitje, River Ja, 

 Oct. 25, 29, 1906. 



No. 2117. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, Dec. 5, 1906. 



Nos. 2335, 2357, 2369, 2463, 2500. ? ad. ; 2429, 2444. ^ 

 ad. et juv. Bitje, River Ja, March 12 to May 7, 1907. 



Nos. 2429. (J juv. ; 2444, 2463. S ? ad. Bitje, April 8- 

 15, 1907. 



[This is the commonest, or at least the most often seen, 

 of the many species of Warblers that inhabit the grass and 

 bushes of the old cleared land, but not the forest. It is fond 

 of perching on the top of a bush or banana-leaf and uttering, 

 in its clear incisive tone, the notes imitated in the native 

 name '' abankwat,^"* with the emphasis on the " kwat.^^ It 

 has also a little chattering song, quite different from the sharp 

 call just described. — G. L. B.] 



CiSTICOLA RUFIPILEATA. 



Cisticola rufipileata Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 95; Reichenow, 

 Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 561 (1905). 



a. S ad. Efulen, Feb. 28, 1902. "Abankwat." 



b. (J ad. „ June 19, 1902. 



Nos. 199, 200. S ? ad. Efulen, Oct. 10, 12, 1903. 

 Nos. 369, 370. (J ? ad. „ March 2, 1904. 



Nos. 416, 431. S ad. „ April 1, 6, 1904. 



Calamocichla poensis. 



Calamocichla poensis Alexander, Bull. B, O. C. xiii. p. 37 

 (1903) ; id. Ibis, 1903, p. 108 ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 576. 



Calamocichla plebeia Reichenow, t. c. p. 575. 



Nos. 1614, 1635. S ad. River Ja, March 27-30, 1906. 

 Testes very large. [Wing 3*0-3'05 inches.] 



No. 2389. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, March 28, 1907. 

 [Wing 2-8.] 



No. 1792. S juv. River Ja, June 23, 1906. Testes of 

 medium size. [Wing 2'9.] 



No. 2308. S juv. Bitje, River Ja, March 4, 1907. 

 Testes small. [Wing 2-9.] 



