collected in East Africa. 153 



whereby all the Cisticohe are removed from their former 

 position in the Timeliidse [c/. Cat. B. \'ii. pp. 235-290]. So 

 little is known of the moulting and changes of plumage of 

 some of the outlying genera of Sylviidie that the exact limits 

 of the family are not yet determinable, but I think that the 

 general idea of the Sylviidse originally proposed by ]\Ir. See- 

 bohm in the fifth volume of the ' Catalogue of Birds/ and 

 enlarged by Mr. Gates (/. s. c), is one which will commend 

 itself to the judgment of ornithologists. 



111. Phylloscopus trochilus. 



Phylloscopus trochilus (L.) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. 

 p. 309 (Pare) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 141. 

 No. 96. S' Machako's, March 20, 1889. 



112. Cryptolopha mackenziana, sp. n. 



Cryptolopha umbruvirens (nee Riipp.) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 

 1889, p. 361 (Kilimanjaro). 

 C. similis C. umbrovirenti, sed gula cinerascenti-albicante, 



minime umbrina distinguenda. Long. tot. 4"6, culm. 



0*45, alee 2*45, caudse 1*8, tarsi 0"85. 

 No. 23. c? . Kikuyu, Aug. 25, 1889.— Upper mandible 



horn-brown, the lower one pale yellowish white; legs 



pale horn-blue; irides brown. 

 No. 289. Mount Elgon, 7000 feet. 



I find on comparing Mr. Jackson's specimens with an 

 Abyssinian example that the throat is ashy white instead of 

 clear umber-brown, so that the under surface of the bodv 

 has a very ditferent appearance. The sj)ecimen obtained by 

 Mr. Hunter {cf. Shelley, /. s. c.) is also referable to 

 C. mackenziana. 



113. ACROCEPHALUS PHRAGMITIS. 



Acrocephalus pliragmitis (Bechst.); Scebohm,Cat.B.v.p.9I. 



Acrocephalus schcenobcenus (L.) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1887^ 

 p. 77 (Kagehi). 

 No. 49. S' Ulu, Ukambani, Jan. 7, 1889. 



114. Acrocephalus palustris. 



Acrocephalus palustris (Bechst.) ; Scebohm, Cat. B. v. 

 p. 101. 



