collected in North Nyasalayul. 537 



S. Total length 6-95 inches, culmen O'SS, wing 2*75, 

 tail 3, tarsus 1"05. 



? . Total length 6-3 inches, culmen O'G, wing 2 8, tail 

 33, tarsus 1*05. 



This species may be readily recognized by its short black 

 bill and the absence of any pale colouring in front or over 

 the eye. 



It belongs to that group of Cisticola which has the back 

 uniform, tail with a dark subterminal bar, and the head with 

 a rufous cap. 



a. Quills with their outer edges ashy brown (C. ruficapilla, 



emini, rufopileata, chubbi, and angusticauda.) 



b. Quills edged with rufous, 



a'. Quills only narrowly edged with rufous C. nigriloris. 



b'. Rufous on quills forms a conspicuous wing-patch. C. cinerascens. 



63. Cisticola cixerascens. 



Cisticola cinerascens (Heugl.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 75, 

 no. 1051 ; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 15, 1894, p. 12. 

 Nyika Plateau, June. A male and female. 



64. SCHCENICOLA APICALIS. 



Schoenicola apicalis (Licht.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 77, 

 no. 1077; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 12. 

 Nyika Plateau, June. A female. 



65. Bradypterus brachypterus. 



Bradypteriis brachypterus (Vieill.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 p. 77, no. 1078; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 12. 



Kombi, July, One female. This species ranges over 

 Africa south from Nyasaland and Benguela. 



QQ. Euryptila bab/Ecula. 



Earyptila bubacula (Vieill,) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 78, 

 no. 1086. 



Bradypterus babaculus, Reichen. Yog. Dcutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 223. 



Lusciniola gracilirostris (Hartl.) ; Seebohm, Cat. v. p. 122. 



Bradypterus r/racilirostris, Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 287, 825. 



Karonga, July. A female. 



