NO. nil. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 901 



hiiul toes; secondaries loiiy', fulling- short of primaries l)y less tluiii 

 the exposed euliiieii; outerniost priniarv l)road, not aciuniiuite, niueh 

 lonu-er than primary coverts and about one-half the length of the 

 second primary ; .second primary not longer than the seventh. 



The type and apparently sole species of this genus, Notloetehla 

 hxtlcata (Vieillot), ditfers so greatly from typical meml)ers of the 

 genus Ac)'<>cej>Ji<(h(s that its generic separation seems desirable, if 

 indeed not inevitable. Its principal points of structural distinction 

 from that group are its very long, ])road first primary, long second- 

 aries, long bill, large feet with long claws, and more rounded wing, 

 the second primary about equal to the seventh, or even shorter. In 

 some of these characters Notiocichla agrees with Tafare^ but may be 

 distinguished by its long, broad first primary, relatively large feet, 

 with long middle and hind claws. 



4. Anteliocichla," new gemisi. 



Type. — Aeroct'plHil iix hi^trhjlceps Swinhoe. 



Bill short, feet ratlier slender; secondaries falling short of primary 

 tips by more than the length of exposed culmen; outermost primary 

 rather narrow, somewhat acuminate, longer than primary coverts, 

 though less than one-third the length of the second primary; second 

 primary not longer than the seventh, usually about equal. 



This group ditfers from AcroceplicduK chiefly in its longer first pri- 

 mary, which decidedly exceeds tlie primary coverts; in its relatively 

 shorter second primary; and in its shorter bill, though in this 

 re.spect it agrees with some forms of the subgenus j\hisclpeta. In 

 Acrocephalus (llu^'cipefa) dumetorum birds of the year .Sometimes 

 appear to have the first primary slightly longer than the primary 

 coverts, which is probably due to the imperfect development of the 

 latter, and should not be held to invalidate the generic distinction 

 above set forth, since adults have the first primary always shorter than 

 the primary coverts. From Tain re the present group ditfers principally 

 l)y reason of its shorter secondaries, comparatively longer first primary, 

 and shorter bill; ixow\ X(>tl()Gich}a\\\\{.'S> le.ss lengthened secondaries, 

 shorter, more acuminate first primary, more al)breviated bill, and 

 much more slender feet. 



Apparently the only species to be placed in this oenus are: 



Antelioclchlu bixtrigicc])^ (Swinhoe) . 

 Anteliocichlu agricoln (.Terdon). 



CISTICOLA HUNTERI Shelley. 



Cisticula hunteri Shelley, l^roc. Zool. Sue. Lund., 1889, \>. 304 (Moniit Kiliman- 

 jaro, East Africa). 



One specimen from Mount Kilimanjaro, at l().(>(»i» feet, April l.'), 

 1888. "Abundant in low bushes at 10,000 feet.'' 



(I dvDjXio':, orientalis; /c/jAv, tnnlu.'^. 



