collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 455 



? & juv. 7. vi.l3. 



This bird is quite distinct from C. semitorques. It has 

 dark ear-coverts and lias no superciliary stripe. It is a 

 common species, inhabiting the bush- and grass-country. 

 Nests have been taken from March to July and from 

 November to January. The nest is built either entirely of 

 grass and lined with vegetable-down, in a grass-clump or 

 stunted shrub, or it is constructed between two leaves which 

 have been stitched together below and behind, or several 

 leaves may be woven or stitched to the nest after it has 

 been partially built. The eggs vary from white to blue, 

 greenish, pink or buff, with distinct or subdued, fine 

 ash-brown markings. 



Young birds are very much browner than adults, the 

 colour of the crown is the same as the mantle, and 

 the edgings to the wing-feathers are much brighter rusty 

 brown. 



Localities. Nairobi and Embu, in British East Africa. 



Cisticola rufopileata emini. 

 c^. 29.ix. 10. 



I am not satisfied that this is a good subspecies. Is it 

 not C. lateralis in the intermediate plumage ? 

 Locality. Mubendi Plains, in Uganda. 



Cisticola lateralis. 



cJ 1-3. 25.ii.ll ; 24.ii.12; 4.V. 12. 



The birds from Uganda do not agree with those from 

 the type-locality. They lack the rusty-brown edgings to the 

 secondaries and primaries, the flanks are much darker, and 

 they are much browner on the upper surface. These birds 

 inhabit the scrub-country. 



Localities. Sauga and Kigalama, in Uganda. 



Cisticola erythrops. 



^ & ? . 9.vi. 13; lO.vii. 12. 



This bird has a song quite unlike that of any other 

 Warbler. It is loud and carries a long distance, and is 

 only uttered when the bird is hidden in the depths of some 



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