NO. uu. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 903 



CISTICOLA LUGUBRIS (Riippell). 



Sylvia {Cisticola) hujabris Ruppell, Nene Wirb. Faun. Abyss., Vogel, 1835, p. Ill 

 (Gondar, Abyssinia). 



One adult male, from Taveta, April 29, 1888. 



CISTICOLA CHINIANA (Smith). 



Driimoica chinkwa Smith, 111. Zool. S. Al'r., I.s4.'-i, pi. i;\.yx (Nortli of Kurri- 

 fhaine, Bechnana Land, South Africa). 



One adult si)ecimen, from Kahe, south of Mount Kilimanjaro, Sep- 

 tember 5, 1888. This large edition of Cisticola .suh'i^p'copiila is some- 

 times with difficulty to be distinouished from the latter, especially as 

 both appear to occur in the same localities. More lioht on their rela- 

 tionships is needed. The original spelling of the specific name is not 

 cheniana^ as often written, but eliimanaJ- 



BRADYPTERUS CINNAMOMEUS SALVADORII (Neumann). 



Bradypterux snh'uddril Neumann, Joiirn. f. Oriiith., 1900, ]>. .'>04 (INIount (inrui, 

 German East Africa). 



One molting female, from Mount Kilimanjaro, at 10,000 feet, April 

 16, 1888. Without specimens for comparison this example appears to 

 agree with the characters given by Mr. Neumann for the southern 

 form of Bradypteriis cinrimnoineus recently descril)ed by him.^ 



BRADYPTERUS BARRATTI Sharpe. 



BraiJyplerits harratti Sharpe, Il)is, 1876, p. 53 (Pilgrim's Rest, Lydenburg District, 



Transvaal). 

 Bradypterux rufojiavidus Reichenow and Neumann, Ornith. Monatsber., 1895, 



p. 75 (Mount Kilimanjaro, East Africa). 



Four specimens, from Maranu, Mount Kilimanjaro, 6,000 feet. The 

 adult male agrees very closely with the original description of the 

 species, as does also the adult female, though the latter is slightly 

 paler above than the male, rather darker, more rufescent across the 

 l)reast, less broadly and therefore less conspicuously streaked on the 

 jugulum. A male in juvenal plumage, taken April 1, 1888, is like the 

 adult above, but is darker, duller below, the throat and breast being 

 grayish olive green streaked with yellowish, while the entire lower 

 surface, superciliary stripe, sides of head and neck are strongly suf- 

 fused with yellowish. A young female, secured April 3, 1888, is very 

 similar but somewhat paler throughout, with less oli\-aceous on throat 

 and breast. "Abundant in any low bushes, and very restless, con- 

 tinually uttering a short, sharp 'chirrup.'" 



"Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., 1843, pi. i.xxix. 

 & Journ. f. Ornith., 1900, p. 304. 



