352 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



Cisticola rufopileata Reichenow. 



Cisticola rufopileata Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 561 (1905) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 318 

 [Cameroon], 



a, h. 8 ? . Mawambi, E. Congo Forest, 2500 ft., 30th Oct. [Nos. 3648, 3649. 

 R. B. W.] 



Iris hazel ; bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 



[A pair of Reichenow's Rufous-headed Grass- Warbler was obtained in a small 

 clearing in the Eastern Congo Forest near Mawambi ; the song was very similar to 

 that of C. chubU.—R. B. IF.] 



Cisticola nuchalis Reichenow. 

 Cisticola robusta nuchalis Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 555 (1905). 



a. 8 . 30 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 25th Nov. [No. 3004. R. B. W.] 



b. 8 . 120 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 8th Dec. [No. 2025. G. L.] 



c. 8 . Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 26th Sept. [No. 3616. R. B. II'.] 



Iris light brown ; bill black ; feet brown or flesh-colour. 



There is a large series of specimens of C. nuchalis in Mr. Jackson's collection, which 

 have also been examined. 



[This Grass- Warbler was seen near Entebbe and on the plains on the east side of 

 Ruwenzori, where it was not uncommon. — R. B. W.~\ 



Cisticola lugubris (Riipp.). 



Cisticola lugubris Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 552 (1905). 

 a-g. 8 et imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 13th-20th June. [Nos. 1653, 



1654, 1655, 1656, 1657. D. C. ; 3472, 3488. R. B. IF.] 



h-k. 8 . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 22nd-24th July. [Nos. 1739, 1757. 

 D. C. ; 3522. R. B. W.] 



Iris pale brown or hazel ; bill black ; feet pale brown or pale flesh-colour. 



Eight of the specimens procured proved to be males ; in the other two the sex was 

 not ascertained. 



No. 1657, which is almost certainly the young of this species, has the general colour 

 of the upperparts reddish-brown, the feathers of the crown, as well as those of the 

 mantle, being streaked with black ; the middle tail-feathers and the margins of the 

 outer pairs reddish-brown ; and the flanks and under tail-coverts buff, much brighter 

 than in the adult. 



[The Mournful Grass-Warbler was met with occasionally on the plains at the south 

 end of Ruwenzori, but was a very uncommon bird. 9 A few examples were also seen on 

 the edge of the Eturi Forest near Fort Beni. The song of this bird is totally different 



