from the Niger Region. 541 



upper mandible darker; feet bluish flesh-colour, d, not 

 labelled. 



12. Prinia mystacea. 



Prinia mistacea, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835— 40_, p. 110. 

 Drymceca melanorhyncha, Haj'tl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 56. 

 Prinia mystacea, Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 191. 

 a. ^j'Luko]^; b. $ , Loko : iris yellow; bill black ; feet 

 light red ; nails grey. 



13. CiSTICOLA CINERASCENS. 



Drymceca cinerascens, Heugl. J. f. O. 1867^ p. 296. 



Cisticola cinerascens, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 

 p. 249. 



a, Shonga : iris light chestnut; upper mandible horn- 

 colour, lower one bluish grey; feet light red, claws grey. 



14. Cisticola erythrops. 



Drymceca erythrops, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. 1857, p. 58. 

 Cisticola erythrops, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 250. 

 a. (J, Lukoja: iris ochreous yellow ; legs reddish flesh- 

 colour. 



15. Cisticola rufa. 



Drymoica rufa, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 17. 

 Drymoica brachyptera, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 476. 

 Cisticola rufa, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 252. 

 a. ^ , Shonga : iris olive-brown ; upper mandible horn- 

 colour ; lower one and legs flesh-colour, b, Shonga. 

 a is an adult in winter plumage, b is an immature bird. 



16. Cisticola strangei. 



Drymoica strangei, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 16. 



Drymoica for tirostris, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 56. 



Cisticola strangei, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 276. 



«• S } b- S ) Shonga : iris brownish yellow ; upper man- 

 dible horn-colour, lower one very pale flesh-colour; legs 

 flesh-colour. 



This is the W.- African representative of C. natalensis, 

 Smith, of which it is only a small race. 



