collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 451 



Cisticola subruficapilla fischeri. 



S 1-3. 2. vii. 12 ; 6. vii. 12 ; 24. vi. 12. 



? 1-2. 24. vi.l2; ll.vi. 12. 



A common species, inhabiting the scrub and grass lands. 

 They are very noisy when disturbed, and their alarm-note is 

 very harsh. Several pairs were found breeding in the scrub- 

 country round Kisumu. The nest is constructed in the 

 grass or in a small shrub. It is built of grasses, into which 

 is woven bits of vegetable-down. The whole nest is a flimsy 

 structure. The eggs are pale blue with black or brown 

 spots, or they may be uniform blue. Nests have been 

 taken in July and May and December. 



Localities. Kisumu and Kano, in British East Africa. 



Cisticola strangei. 



cJ 1-10. 27.i. 12; 21.ii.l2; 24.iv.12; 4. v. 12; 

 31. V. 12 ; 7. v. 12 ; 30. vii. 12 ; 18. viii. 12 ; 12. viii. 09. 



?. l'o.i.l2; 21.ii.l2; 30. vii. 12. 



It will be seen that this series is made up of birds shot in 

 January, February, April, May, July, August; and of the 

 so-called Cisticola natalensis we collected two specimens, 

 shot in ( J^ ) 3. iii. 09 and 1. v. 12. In the first series there 

 are no birds in any way approaching the coloration of the 

 second. An adult specimen of C. strangei, shot in July, is 

 in moult on the dorsal region, and the sprouting feathers 

 are dark, not light ; another shot in August is in heavy 

 moult, the fresh feathers are dark! A freshly-moulted 

 specimen in fine, clean, dark dress is an August bird. 

 Birds in the light brown plumage have been found 

 breeding ! 



Localities. Jinja, Kyetema, Buziranjuvo, and Sanga, in 

 Uganda. 



Cisticola calamoherpe. 



S 1-2, & ? 1. 15.ix. 12; 25.i.l2. 



Not a common species; it was seen occasionally in the 

 grass-country and in the scrub. 



Localities. Nakuru, in British East Africa; Kyetema, in 

 Uganda. 



