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Cisticola (') lateralis. 



Dryfnoica lateralis Fraser, P. Z. S., 1843, P- ^^- — Type loca- 

 lity : Cap Palmas, Libéria. 



Mr Kemp obtained the Sooty-backed Grass Warbler at Agou- 

 lerie in August. 



The tvpical bird from Libéria, jiidging from the material in the 

 British Muséum, is decidedly darker on the entire upper surface 

 than spécimens from, for instance, either Portuguese Guinea or 

 the Gold Coast or indeed from any other part of Africa. We hâve 

 no birds in Summer plumage from Libéria but if thev are equally 

 dark coloured, (Jïsticola lateralis lateralis will hâve to be restric- 

 ted to the Liberian coast, and the other lighter form will require 

 a name. 



Range. — C. lateralis is represented in the British Muséum 

 from Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, 

 Southern Nigeria, North Belgian Congo, the Semliki Valley and 

 Uganda, eastwards to Mount Elgon in Kenya Colonv. 



Cisticola brachyptera brachyptera. 



Cisticola brachyptera Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 476. — Type loca- 

 lity : Volta river, Gold Coast. 



The West African Short-winged Grass-warbler was obtained by 

 Mr Kemp at Agoulerie in June. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve spécimens from Shonga 

 (FoRBEs) Tarkum and Loko (Boyd Alexander). 



Range. — The typical C. brachyptera brachyptera ranges from 

 Gambia to Gaboon and the Congo Mouth (Landana), and eastwards 

 into French Equatorial Africa. I am doubtful how far east it 



(') I am indebted to Mr W. L. Scl,\ter for allowing me to make use of his unpublished 

 monograph of ihe genus Cisticola. 



