NO. 25 SEVEN NEW AFRICAN GRASS-WARBLERS — MEARNS 3 



CISTICOLA SUBRUFICAPILLA BOREA, new subspecies 



Northern Grass-Warbler 



Type-specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 217127, U. S. N. M. Col- 

 lected at " Rhino Camp," ' on the Bahr el Jebel, Lado Enclave, 

 Africa, January 30, 1910, by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 

 18244. 



Characters. — Similar to Cisticola suhruHcapilla aquatorialis 

 Mearns, but smaller and much paler in coloration. 



Description. — Pileuni and cervix pale l)istre, the featiiers centrally 

 striped with dark brown ; lores white ; ear-coverts and sides of neck 

 drab ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts light hair brown, the 

 feathers of the mantle with dark brown centers ; wings dark brown, 

 with fulvous edging to the outer webs of the primaries, and drab 

 edging to the outer webs of the secondaries and wing-coverts ; tail 

 broccoli brown, obscurely fasciated, all but the central pair of 

 feathers crossed by a subterminal black band and narrowly tipped 

 with ecru drab ; chin, throat, and middle of abdomen white ; sides 

 pale grayish drab washed with cream-buff; thighs pale brownish 

 gray ; axillars and lining of wings creamy white ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner border of quills pale pinkish buff; under tail-coverts 

 soiled white ; under surface of tail ecru drab, the feathers subter- 

 minally crossed by a complete black band about four millimeters in 

 width. Bill (in dry skin) dark brown above and flesh color below ; 

 feet and claws light brown. 



Measurements of type (adult male.) — -Length (of skin), 132; 

 wing, 62 ; tail, 54 ; culmen (chord), 13.5 ; tarsus, 25.5. 



Measurements of adult male (Cat. No. 21 7129, Bahr el Jebel at 

 Gondokoro, Uganda, February 25, 1910). — Wing, 64; tail, 58; 

 culmen (chord), 13; tarsus, 25. 



CISTICOLA ALLENI, new species 



Allen's Grass-Warbler 



Type-Specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 56127, Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, Cambridge, A'lassachusetts. Collected on the Meru 

 River, British East Africa, August 12, 1909, by Dr. Glover M. Allen. 



Characters. — This species appears to be most closely related to 

 the Cisticola suhruHcapilla group, from which it differs in the rela- 

 tively stouter, more curved bill, pallid grayish coloration, cinereous 

 outer aspect of the primaries, and white tips to the tail-feathers. 



1" Rhino Camp" is on the left (west) bank of the Nile ("Bahr el Jebel"). 

 about 15 miles north of Wadelai, latitude 2° 55' north. 



