12 Col. R. Melnertzhagen on 5m/s/ro»i [Ibis, 



Cisticola cisticola annae, subsp. no v. 



Birds from Cyprus are intermediate between the typical 

 form and C. c. harterti. They are not so dark as ('. c. cisticola 

 and not so red as C. c. harterti. Tliey also have weaker 

 bills. Eight e-saniined from Cyprus have wings 45 to 

 50 mm. 



Type: (unsexed) Famagusta, 27. x. 1901. Collected by 

 Miss D. Bate. B.M. Reg. No. 1903.8.2.99. 



Cisticola cisticola berberae, subsp. nov. 



A series of fuiir examined, collected by Archer in north- 

 ern British Somaliland. Thej- are greyer even than arabica, 

 almost completely lacking the rufous on the rump and lower 

 back. Centres of the feathers on the head and back not so 

 dark. Flanks and thighs with much less rufous than in 

 arahica. A much paler and greyer bird than uropygialis. 



Paler than hirds in similar plumage from Socotra (C c. 

 hcesitata) and with a paler buff tone on the rump. Larger 

 than C c. liwsitata. 



Wings of four C. c. berhenv 50-51, and of five C. c. 

 hcesitata 47-49 mm. Culmen slightly longer than C. c. 

 hcesitata. 



Birds from north-western British Somaliland, at Makanis, 

 and from Abyssinia^ that is to say west of long. 43° E., 

 appear to belong to C. c. uroj>ygiaUs. 



Type, ($ : near Berbera at 3000 feet, shot on 13. i. 1919 

 (Archer coll.). 



Turdns philomelos philomelos Brehm. 



I have examined the series of Continental Song- 

 Tlirushes at Tring from East Prussia, Russia, Switzerland, 

 Cyprus, Algeria, and Morocco, together with birds collected 

 by myself in Palestine and Egypt, and T am unable to 

 confirm Zedlitz's conclusion (J.f.O. 1919, p. 489), in which he 

 names the central European Thrush brelimi on account of the 

 brightei- underparts, darker breast-spotting, and olive-brown 

 up{)er parts, in contrast, to the distinct grey of the more 

 northern bird. 



