-* Collection of Birds 



Timeliidae and Sylviidae 



^2 v Cmtcropns jtiniinei kirki, Sharpc. Moshi, IV. 



324. Cratct'opus hypolcncns, Cab. Donje Krok, IX.; Rombo, V. 



.A feu- of these babblers, sitting on the same branch, joined 

 in the loud and peculiar screaming started suddenh' by one bird, 

 which ends abruptly. This screaming is accompanied by tail- 

 wa^LMiv_; and bowing. 



325. Rrythropygia plebeia t Rchw. 



The third species discovered by the author. It resembles 

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

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

 The bell\' of this bird is rather darker than that of /:'. picinc \ the 

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

 tail is much smaller than that of the /:. yVv/'', 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 ; wind's, S; ; 

 beak, I 5 ; le^'s, 24 to 24 mm. 



326. fcrytliropYgia brnnticiccpS) Rchw. Kilimanjaro, VI I. 



327. Tarsigcr oriciitalis^ I-'schr., Rchw. Kilimanjaro, \ II. 

 ,^2S. Cicliladiisa gnttatii riittpcnnis Sharpe. I)i">nic I'.rok, XI. 

 Th.e livt:I\* and melodious warbling of this speci\-s .- 



other l-'.a^t African bird-son^s. 



]2<J. Lossvp/ia .v,7/';7//(\V(V//.v, Hoc. l)oli]e I'.l'ok, IX. 

 jaro, XI\'. 



,v->( '. -//;;'! '<? /v//' i^'i//<>S(i, Riipp. Masu'-land. 



^31. M('/<>('/\'/t/ti ii/cit/ti/is <>r/,-!/f.i/t ; s Sharpc . 



332. ( /s/tt'i'/ii Ciiinitina A. Sm. . l)onje 

 Njiri, \'II 



I caught a spccinu-n with my hands. The s 

 some kind of sjravs had loc'ked it> \\!HL;<. 

 ^ 3.+ (. istii'<'/<i .>'('////////^'\.', Rehw. 

 I his bird re.-cmbles the- ( . I'/iiiiiiii/ii, e.xc'c pt that the upper p tit 



