-! Collection of Birds 



Timeliidae and Sylviidae 



323. Crateropiisjardineikirkii'Shax^. Moshi, IV. 



324. Cratcropns hypolciicus, Cab. Donje Erok, IX.; Rombo, V. 

 A fc\v of these babblers, sitting on the same branch, joined 



in the loud and peculiar screaming started suddenly by one bird, 

 which ends abruptly. This screaming is accompanied by tail- 

 wagging and bowing. 



325. Erythropygia plebeia, Rchw. 



The third species discovered by the author. It resembles 

 /:. piciuc. The upper side is more darkly coloured, and the back 

 of the head and the back itself are brownish, nearly red-brown. 

 The belly of this bird is rather darker than that of E. pceine ; the 

 crop and sides are of a muddy brown. The black stripe on the 

 tail is much smaller than that of the E. piciuc, and only 10 mm. 

 broad. Of the tail-feathers the middle one is uniformly brown. 

 The margins of the sides of the tail arc dirty red-brown, but the 

 outermost is of a whitish colour. Length, nearly 145 ; wings, 85 ; 

 beak, i 5 ; legs, 24 to 24 mm. 



326. Erythropygia brunneiceps, Rchw. Kilimanjaro, VII. 



327. Tarsiger orientalist Fschr., Rchw. Kilimanjaro, VII. 



328. Cichladusa guttata rufipcnnis Sharpe. Donje Erok, XI. 

 The lively and melodious warbling of this species surpasses all 



other East African bird-songs. 



329. CossypJia snbrufcscens, Boc. Donje Erok, IX. ; Kiliman- 

 jaro, XIV. 



330. Argya rubiginosa, Riipp. Masai-land. 



331. Melocichla mentalis orientalis (Sharpe). Kiraragua, XI. 



332. Cisticola cJiiniana (A. Sm.). Donje Erok, VIII., IX. ; 

 Njiri, VI L 



I caught a specimen with my hands. The sharp-edged awns of 

 some kind of grass had locked its wings. 

 333-t Cisticola scJiillingsi, Rchw. 

 This bird resembles the C. chiniana, except that the upper part 



* Ornit. Motsb., 1904, pp. 27, 28. 



t Discovered by Mr. Schillings on the Xgaptuk, X., and Donje Erok, IX. 



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