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are "orange-rufous" {cf. Bull. B. 0. C. cxxi., January 1906, 

 p. 46). From both of the just mentioned species (jimningi is 

 further distinguished by its white eyebrow, and from these, 

 as well as sharpei, by its grey upper wing-coverts. 



Description of a new Warbler of the Genus Cisticola. 

 By Alwin Haagner, Assistant, Transvaal Museum. 

 Amongst the small collection of birds sent by Mr. P. A. 

 Sheppard, from the neighbourhood of Beira, and mentioned 

 in my previous paper in this number of the ' Annals/ was a 

 little Warbler which appeared to be undescribed. In revising 

 the Museum collection of Warblers I came across another 

 specimen from Matabeleland, Avhich appears to be identical 

 with the Beira bird, except that it is a little larger. I have 

 since also found another example in the recently acquired 

 collection of Messrs. Kirby and Roberts, from the Boror 

 District, just north of the Zambezi River, Portuguese South- 

 East Africa. 



Cisticola cinnamomeiceps, sp. nov. 



Similar io fulvicapilla, but differing in that tlie underparts 

 are whitish, only the sides of the breast and body and flanks 

 being greyish, the flanks and chest washed with yellowish ; 

 cheeks pale tawny, and not dusky-grey, as in fulvicapilla. 



Description : Above drabbish-brown, with a wash of 

 tawny. Top of head and nape pale chestnut-brown or 

 " cinnamon-rufous." Under surface whitish with here and 

 there a yellowish tinge. Sides of the breast and flanks grey, 

 washed with very pale tawny-yellow. Under tail-coverts 

 dirty white. Thighs pale fulvous. Tail coloured like the 

 back, with the ends of the feathers paler, and a faint indication 

 of a subterminal dusky bar. Lores, eyebrow, and cheeks 

 pale tawny-yellow, the latter streaked with dusky. Remiges 

 brown, edged with pale fulvous on the outer web, the edging 

 of the outermost primaries being nearly white. Inner web 

 margined with pale irufous. liill : Upper mandible pale 

 born-brown ; lower pale yellowish. 



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