902 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvni. 



CISTICOLA PRINIOIDES Neumann. 



(Jislicola jirinloiili'x Neumann, Joiirii. f. Ornith., UH)0, p. .'>()4 (Mau Mountain, 

 British East Africa). 



Six specimen.s, from Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,000, 6,000, and 8,000 

 feet, April 3 to 11, 1.S8S. Some of them have not entirel}' completed 

 the molt. "Abundant in low ])ushes from 4,iiO(l to 8,000 feet." 



These examples exhibit considerabh^ purely indi\'idual difference in 

 the streaking on the back, this being in some almost obsolete, in others 

 very ])r()ad and conspicuous. Young birds are darker, duller, more 

 uniform on the lower surface, with a heavier wash of ochraceous; also 

 rather darker and duller on the upper parts, with less contrast between 

 pileum and back. 



This species differs from its ally (■httcohi Juinfcr!" in its lighter, 

 much more rufescent upper surface, including wings and tail, the 

 pileum being dull rufous in conspicuous contrast to the other upper 

 parts; less blackish (more ])rownish) streaks on the ])ack; and decid- 

 edly paler lower surface, the median portion lighter than the rest and 

 dull yellowish white. Both C' Imnteri and (J. prinioides^ y^Wh the 

 intermediate Cht'wola nemnanni^^ seem to be closely related, and differ 

 so much from Clstieola snhrxficaj'llla in their deeply colored lores 

 and orbital region, as well as lack of light superciliary, not to mention 

 their darker lower surface, together with much duller upper parts, 

 that they should not ])e easily confused with the last-mentioned spe- 

 cies. This record of Clstieola prlnloides is apparently the first for 

 Mount Kilimanjaro, and is, furthermore, a considerable extension of 

 range. It appears to take the place of Clstieola hunter I on the lower 

 slopes of the mountain, at least up to 8,000 feet, which fact taken 

 together with the lack of intermediate specimens indicates that C. 

 piinio/des is a distinct species, not, as Mr. Hartert has suggested,'^ a 

 subspecies of ('. liuntci-i. 



CISTICOLA ERYTHROPS (Hartlaub). 



Ihymoeca eri/Oiroj)^ Hahtlatb, Orn. Wesstafr., 1857, \k 5S (Calabar, Sonthern 

 Nigeria, Western Africa). 



Two adult males, fi-om Maranu, Mount Kilimanjaro. ."i.OOO feet, 

 taken April 3 and '2'A, respectively. "Iris light yellowish l)rown: feet 

 white." 



«Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, p. 364. 



b Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, XII, 1901, p. 13 (Mount Kenia, British East Africa). 



cBull. Brit. Orn. Club, XII, 1901, p. 13. 



