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259. CISTICOLA PROCERA. Zambesi Fantail Warbler. 
Dr. Peters obtained at Tete in the Zambesi a specimen of a 
Warbler which he describes under this name, (J. f. O. 1868, p. 132). 
Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub in the “ Vogel Ost.-Afrikas (p. 233), 
consider it to be a good species, and have given the following 
description of the type. ‘Obscure dull brown, by no means 
conspicuously varied with darker colour; head slightly rufescent ; 
an obscure subterminal dark spot on the tail feathers ; underneath 
dull whitish, the under wing-covers uniform; quills pale dusky 
brown; bill and feet pale. Total length, 5 inches; bill, 5”; 
wing, 2”; tail, 1” 5’’’; tarsus, 10”. 
260. CrsTICcoLA OBSCURA. Dusky Fantail Warbler. 
We have been unable to identify this species, which was described 
by Professor Sundevall in 1850 (Oefy. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. Stockh. 
1850, p. 103). It was obtained by Wahlberg in “ Kaffraria,” and 
the following is a translation of the original description :— 
Male. Back obscure grey, faintly spotted with dusky, the head 
slightly rufescent; the forehead brighter; the occiput obsoletely 
spotted with dusky ; the hind neck dusky brown; belly unspotted, 
dull whitish, greyish on the sides ; quills externally edged with dull 
dusky rufous; tail feathers above greyish rather pointed at the tip, 
which is whitish with a black subterminal spot; bill notched and 
rather pointed. Total length, 54 inches; wing, 2°5; tarsus, 1:0; 
tail, 2°4.; bill from front, 0°55; its height, 0:2. 
261. CrsTicoLa CURSITANS. Common Fantail Warbler. 
Drymoica terrestris, and D. ayresti, Layard, B. 8. Afr., pp. 91, 94. 
We agree with Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub that the “ Kloppertjie” of 
Southern Africa is not specifically separable from the Fantail of Europe 
and India, and C. ayresti we believe will turn out to be the young 
bird in its first richly coloured plumage. Mr. W. Atmore says that 
it is a grass-loving species, and is found abundantly in the George 
District. He states that it “ constructs a nest on the ground, arched 
and domed, and lays from six to ten white eggs covered with pink 
spots mostly at the obtuse end.’’* 
* The previous account given in the first edition is erroneous, owing to a 
mistake in the numbering of a manuscript list kept by Mr. Atmore and the 
author. ; 
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