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Collection of Birds 



Timeliidae and Sylviidae 



323. CrafcropiisJai-diiicikirki,'6\'\a.r\^c. Moshi, IV. 



324. Cratcropus JiypoIcJiciis, Cab. Donje Erok, IX. ; Rombo, V. 

 A few of these babblers, sitting on the same branch, joined 



in the loud and peculiar screaming started suddenly by one bird, 

 which ends abruptl^^ This screaming is accompanied by tail- 

 wagging and bowing. 



325.* ErytJiropygia picbeia, Rchw. 



The third species discovered by the author. It resembles 

 E. piETicu. The upper side is more darkh' coloured, and the back 

 of the head and the back itself are brownish, nearly red-brown. 

 The belly of this bird is rather darker than that of E. pcciuc ; the 

 crop and sides are of a mudd}' brown. The black stripe on the 

 tail is much smaller than that of the E. pcciue, and only 10 mm. 

 broad. Of the tail-feathers the middle one is uniforml}' brown. 

 The margins of the sides of the tail are dirty red-brown, but the 

 outermost is of a whitish colour. Length, nearly 145 ; wings, 85 ; 

 beak, i 5 ; legs, 24 to 24 mm. 



326. Eiyt/iropygia bruuncicips, Rchw. Kilimanjaro, VII. 



327. Tarsiger orientalis, Fschr., Rchw. Kilimanjaro, VII. 



328. Cichladiisa guttata rufipcunis Sharpe. Donje Erok, XI. 

 The lively and melodious warbling of this species surpasses all 



other East African bird-songs. 



329. Cossypha siibnifcscens, Boc. Donje Erok, IX. ; Kiliman- 

 jaro, XIV. 



330. Argya riibigiiiosa, Riipp. Masai-land. 



331. Melociclila meutalis orientalis (Sharpej. Kiraragua, XI. 



332. Cisticola chiniana {A. Sm.j. Donje Erok, VIII., IX. ; 

 Xjiri, VII, 



I caught a specimen with my hands. The sharp-edged awns of 

 some kind of grass had locked its wings. 

 2)^}iA Cisticola sc/iilliugsi, Rchw. 

 This bird resembles the C. cliiiiiana, except that the upper part 



* Oruit. Motsb., 1904, pp. 27, 28. 



t Discovered by Mr. Schillings on the Ngaptuk, X., and Donje Erok, IX. 



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