536 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



in plumage. Like the last species, it appears to be plentiful 

 in Nyasaland, but has not been recorded from anywhere else. 



59. Phyllostrophus cerviniventris. 

 Phyllustrophus cerviniventris, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 10, 



pi. ii. fig. 1 ; id. B. Afr. i. p. 65, no. 901. 



Nyika Plateau and Karonga, June and July. Two males 

 and two females perfectly similar in plumage. 



60. Sylviella leucopsis. 



Sylviella leucopsis, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 114; 

 id. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 223. 



Sylviella whytii, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 13; id. B. Afr. i. 

 p. 70, no. 968. 



Fort Hill and Miniwandi on Tanganyika Plateau, July. 

 Two specimens. This species ranges from Nyasaland to 

 Manda Island. 



61. Cryptolopha ruficapilla. 



Cryptolopha ruficapilla (Sundev.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 70, 

 no. 975 ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 400, pi. xii. fig. 1. 



Pindalus rvficapillus, Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 302, 829. 



Kombi, on the Masuku Range, 7000 ft., July. A single 

 specimen. This is the first time the species has been recorded 

 from north of the Zambesi. 



62. Cisticola nigriloris, sp. n, (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 

 Kombi (Masuku Range, 7000ft.), July. A male and two 



females. 



Upper surface uniform brown, slightly paler on the rump, 

 and with narrow rufous edges to the quills and tail-feathers ; 

 forehead, crown, and nape deep tawny rufous, with the sides 

 of the forehead, eyelids, and in front of the eye black ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, throat, and a central line down the body 

 uniform tawny-shaded white; the upper parts of the ear- 

 coverts inclining to rufous, and the sides of the body and the 

 under tail-coverts ashy brown; thighs tawny buff; tail with 

 a broad black subterminal bar and pale ends. Bill black, 

 with only a small portion of the keel pale ; legs pale rufous 

 brown. 



