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Cisticola rufa (Fraser). 



Cisticola rufa Keich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 567 (1905). 



a. s . 80 miles W. of Entebbe, 3800 ft., 2nd Dec. [No. 3023. B. B. W.] 



b. 6 . 120 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 8th Dec. [No. 3038. B. B. W.] 



c. d. 6 . Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 26th & 28th Sept. [Nos. 3615, 3617. B. B. IF.] 

 e. 6 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 4000 ft., 8th May. [No. 1520. 1). C] 



Iris pale brown or olive-brown ; bill olive-brown, yellowish-brown, or black (in May) ; 

 feet light brown. 



[The small Rufous Grass- Warbler was obtained near Entebbe and a few were seen 

 at the north end of Ruwenzori. A single specimen was killed at the south end of the 

 ran°-e on the bare grassy foot-hills. It was by no means a common bird. — B. B. W.] 



Cisticola terrestris (Smith). 



Cisticola terrestris Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 558 (1905). 

 a. <s . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 25th April. [No. 1429. 1). C] 



d. d. 



l- e . rf . „ „ „ 1st- 19th May. [Nos. 1515, 1591. D. C. ; 



3301, 3338. B. B. IF.] 



f-i. 6 2 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 12th-17th June. [Nos. 1641 A . I). C. ; 

 3408, 3470, 3471. B. B. IF.] 



Iris pale brown, olive-brown, or hazel; bill black, base of lower mandible grey; 

 feet light flesh-colour or pale brown. 



[The small Terrestrial Grass- Warbler was a very common species on the plains around 

 the south end of Ruwenzori, especially in the flat open country, where there was no bush. 

 Anyone who has travelled in Africa must be familiar with these little birds, which, rising 

 suddenly from the grass, fly up into the air, and, circling round and round, utter a 

 continuous clicking sound. Sometimes they rise to such a height that they are lost to 

 sight, but even then their clicking note can still be distinctly heard. — B. B. IF.] 



Cisticola carruthersi Grant. 



Cisticola carruthersi Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 94 (1909). 



a. ? . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 17th June. | No. 1640. I). C. Type of the 

 s])ecies.~\ 



Iris pale brown ; bill black ; feet pale brown. 



This species is allied to C. lugubris, but may be at once recognized by the following 

 points : — The bill is long and slender (as in the genus Camaroptera) ; the outer webs 

 of the primary-quills are brownish (not rufous) ; and the whole upper surface of the tail- 

 feathers is black tipped with white, while on the under surface the wide subterminal 

 black bands are scarcely distinguishable from the greyer basal portion of the feathers. 



Total length ca. 4-8 inches ; culmen 0'5S ; wing 2-2 ; tail 2-05 ; tarsus 0-82. 



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