824 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Kanye, Matabele, January 7th; Umvuli River, August; Matje 
Umschlope, November 17 (Ayres). 
Camperdown Station between Pietermaritzburg and Pinetown: Rich- 
mond Road camp (Reid). 
275. Insert :—CIsTICOLA TERRESTRIS (Smith). 
It was a mistake to unite C. terrestris with C. cisticola. It is a larger 
bird, and is distinguished by its perfectly uniform blackish tail, 
with pale tips but no subterminal bar: in C. cisticola there is a 
distinct shade of rufous on the tail before the subterminal bar. 
All the occurrences mentioned in the body of the work under the 
head of C. cursitans belong to the present species and not to the 
last-named bird, which, as far as we know, has only been found 
in Damara Land within our limits. 
Rustenberg, scarce (Ayres). 
Kanye, Matabele (Ayres). 
Numerous on the “veldt” near Newcastle (B., F., and R.). 
Page 275. CISTICOLA CURSITANS. 
Stands as Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). The only specimens of this 
European species which we have seen from South Africa are some 
of Mr. Andersson’s from Damara Land (cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. vii, 
p 263). C. terrestris is distinct (vide supra). 
Page 278. CISTICOLA CHERINA. 
The editor (Cat. B. vii, p. 264) again reiterates his belief that this 
species does not occur in South Africa, and that the type really 
came from Madagascar. 
Page 279. Hemipreryx TEX'TRIX. 
The genus Hemipteryx is regarded by the editor (Cat. B. vii, p. 235) 
as the same as Cisticola. The specific name should be written 
tewtrin. 
Page 280. Hemiprmryx 1MMACULATA. 
Is the full breeding plumage of C. terrestris. 
Page 280. SPHEN®ACUS AFRICANUS. 
Captain Shelley recognizes three races of this bird in South Africa, as 
follows: 
265. SS. africanus, from the western portion of the Cape Colony. 
265a. 8S. intermedius, from the eastern parts. of the colony; like the 
foregoing, but having the upper and under tail-coverts uniform, 
the head clearer rufous and the streaks on the sides of the body 
much narrower. 
