54 Mr. A. Roberts on Birth in 



grass-land of the marsh region, and its harsh chiekino- note 

 was particuliirly noticeable during our journey from Mixixine 

 to Nhainacurra. 



CiSTICOLA liUFICAPILLA BORORENSIS^ STlbsp. nOV. (1 F.) 



Resident. 



(Data lost.) ^\. -12 ; Tl. 37 ; Ts. IG ; (\ 10. 



This subspecies ditlVrs from tyjiical birds from Ti-ansvaal, 

 being much smaller and having a distinct subterminal smudge 

 on the tail-feathers ; it is even more closely related C. dodsoni, 

 Sharpe, than C. miielleri of Alexander is to that species, both 

 in regard to size and the tail-marks. 



The habits and voice of this tiny bird did not strike me as 

 being any different from the Transvaal birds, with which I 

 am well acquainted, and particular attention was therefore 

 not devoted to them nor more than this one specimen ])re- 

 served. I often met with small family parties in the o})en 

 forest close to my camp at Villa Pereira ; they invariably 

 flew up from the short grass under the trees into the branches 

 of the nearest tree. 



CiSTICOLA PisiLLA, Gun. k Rl.ts. (1 M.) May. 



This specimen was taken as the male type of the species, 

 which was described in the 'Annals of the Transvaal Museum,' 

 July 1911. It is distinguished from C. rvfa of West 

 Africa by the first primary being more than half the length 

 of the second. 



Nothing w!is noted of this specimen beyond that it was 

 collected at Villa Pereira on 2;")tli May and was moulting. 



CiSTICOLA EUVTiiuors (Jlartl.). P. 2002. (Ad. M. & F. 

 and juv. M. k Y.) 



I. vellow isli grcv ; 15. max. brown, nmiid. 1ii>ni-c(il()iir ; 

 I;, flesh-eolour ; gape yellow. Lcng. (juv. M.) IMiV:(F.) 

 122-124 : W. o.'')-')*.) & 4H-4:t ; Tl. Til-ar) k 45-4(; ; Ts. 23 

 &20 ; (". 11-1 "> k V.\. 



The juvcnib' male is the specimen mentioned in the 'Check 

 List' as Cisticola si/lria. 



