APPENDIX. 825 
265d. 8. natalensis, from Natal and the Transvaal, distinguished by 
the absence of streaks on the flanks and upper and under tail- 
coverts. 
Magaliesbergen, not very common (Ayres) ; common near Newcastle 
(B., F., and R.). 
Page 282. MetocrcHLa PyrrHops. 
The true M. pyrrhops of Cabanis turns out to be Cisticola erythrops 
of Hartlaub (cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. vii, p. 250). The bird here 
intended is Cisticola meridionalis, Sharpe (¢. c. p. 243), or 
Melocichla meridionalis for those naturalists who consider 
Melocichla anything more than a big Cisticola. 
Page 281. Insert:—Crsticona eranpis, Bocage. Large Grass-Warbler. 
Caconda (Anchieta). 
According to Professor Bocage this species is distinguished from its 
allies by its large size and by its peculiar colouration: back pale 
uniform earthy brown; a black moustache along the sides of the 
chin; lower parts white, marked with dull rufous; feet leaden 
brown. 
Page 281. APALIS THORACICA. 
Near Newcastle in a kloof in the Drakensberg (B., F., and R.). 
Page 283. CatTRISCUS APICALIS. 
The genus Schenicola of Blyth, 1844, being older than Catriscus of 
Cabanis, 1850, the name of this species must be Scheenicola apicalis. 
Page 286. BrabYpreRUS BRACHYPTERUS. 
Not uncommon about Richmond Road, Natal; Kaarkloof, November ; 
occasionally in the swamps about Newcastle (B., F., and R.). 
Page 287. BRrapYPTERUS GRACILIROSTRIS. 
On account of its smaller first primary Mr. Seebohm has separated this 
species from the other Bradypteri, and placed it in the genus 
Lusciniola (cf. Cat. B. v, p. 122). Speaking of the range of this 
Warbler, Mr. Seebohm says that it is found in South Africa from 
the Congo, Damara Land, and the Transvaal down to the Cape, 
and he adds: “It is probably a resident; but of this writers on 
African ornithology, with their accustomed carelessness, fail to inform 
us.” To whom Mr. Seebohm, that ‘“ Boanerges”’ of ornithology, 
intends this somewhat ungracious taunt to apply, it is at first 
sight rather difficult to imagine, and we have had to consider on 
whose head to place the “cap” of carelessness. We expected to 
find that the author of a volume of the “Catalogue of Birds” 
would have shown at least some reason for such a strong remark, 
