NO. 25 SEVEN NEW AFRICAN GR.\SS- WARBLERS — MEARNS 



Cisticola slranuei stranyei 



Cisticola stratn/ei 

 pnchyrhyncha 



tCMicola Htrauyei kapitcnitix 



Pileum prout's brown, the 

 feathers inconspicuously 

 edged with wood brown. 



Nape similar to crown. 



Mantle dark brown, the 

 feather edging paler, more 

 yellowish brown. 



Outer surface of wing-quills 

 russet. 



Under surfaces deep yellow- 

 ish olive-butr. 



Pileum bistre, without con- 

 spicuous edging to the 

 feathers. 



Nape similar to crown. 



Mantle darker brown, the 

 feather edging not in 

 strong contrast with the 

 dark centers. 



Outer surface of wing- 

 quills wood brown. 



Uudersurfacespale yellow- 

 ish ohve-butt'. 



Pileum pale brown, the 

 feathers broadly edge<l 

 with pale grayish clay 

 color. 



Nape pale clay color, with 

 darker centers to the 

 feathers, c o n 1 r a s t i 11 g 

 with color of crown and 

 mantle. 



Mantle paler, with broad 

 grayish margins strongly 

 contrasting wiih the dark 

 centers to the feathers. 



Outer surface of wiug- 

 qullls wood Virown. 



Under surfaces buffy 

 white. 



Measurements of type (adult, male). — Length (of skin), 128; 

 wing, 68; tail, 51 ; exposed culmen (chord), 13. i ; tarsus, 29. 

 Comparative measurements of adult males : 



wing 



CMicoln strangei strangei 



Cisticola strangei paclnjrhyncha. 

 Cisticola strangei kapilensis 



69.0 

 69.0 



Tail 



Exposed 

 culmen 



Tarsus 



53.0 

 50.0 

 51.0 



13.0 

 13.0 

 13.1 



29.0 

 29.0 

 28.5 



Material. — Five adult males from British East Africa. 



Remarks. — I noted the color of the iris of the type specimen as 

 " pale brownish yellow." On two specimen labels, Mr. G. L. Harri- 

 son, Jr., has noted : " Iris light brown ; bill dusky ; legs and feet 

 flesh color." 



CISTICOLA DIFFICILIS, new species 

 Lakiondu Grass-Warbler 



Type-Specimen.— Adult female. Cat. No. 56129, Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology. Collected at Lakiondu, north of Mount 

 Kenia, British East Africa, September 7, 1909, by Dr. Glover M. 

 Allen. 



Characters.—SimilTir to Cisticola sylvia Reichenow, but striped 

 above and slightly smaller. In general coloration it is not very un- 

 like Cisticola emini Reichenow, though striped and more yellowish 

 above and more strongly fulvous below. 



Description.— Fileum and cervix plain sepia brown; mantle sepia, 

 the feathers mesially striped with blackish brown ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts rather pale yellowish brown ; wings bistre, washed with 

 cinnamon on the outer webs of quills; tail above bistre, showing 



