306 Mr. W. L. Sclatcr on Binis colk'dL'd 



111 tlie 'Catalogue of Birds ^ (vol. vii. p. 138) Sharpe 

 suggests that the white-hreasted form is the breeding- 

 plumage, but the long dated series of the true A. thoracica 

 from Pinetown in the British Museum Collection shews 

 that this obviously cannot be the case. 



ApALis RUDor. (Phitc IV. fig. 1.) 



riaude Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 1908, p. 93. 



P. Coguno. Sept. 8 (1). 



This new species, of which only one example was obtained, 

 conies nearest U) A. griseictjis Keich. &Neum., figured in the 

 Journ, f. Orn. (1900, pi. 2. fig. 2), from Kilimanjaro. It 

 differs from it, as also from A. thoracica, in its olive- green 

 tail and in the absence of any white on tlie outer tail- 

 feathers. It appears to be quite a distinct form. 



[Only a pair of this Warbler was seen, the male of which 

 was shot. They were creeping about some thick vegetation 

 at the edge of a wood and were particularly tame, althougli 

 when I fired the female disappeared and I was unable to 

 again find he**. They were uttering a low call and were 

 diligently searching for insects ; except for tlie conspicuous 

 breast-band, they could easily be mistaken for Euprinodes 

 neglectus. 



The soft parts are : — I rides amher-ycllow ; bill black ; legs 

 and toes palish brown.] 



200. Stenostira scita. 



CC. Klipfontein, Apl. (2). 



[This graceful and dainty little bird is decidedly scarce in 

 Nauiaqualand, which is the only locality where I have 

 observed it since the Central Cape Colony trip. I saw three 

 parties of three or four individuals ; it frequents the bushes 

 both on the tlats and the mountain-sides, and is very active iu 

 its habits, diligently searching for insects after the manner of 

 a Warbler. It has a quick jerky flight, usually only from bush 

 to bush, and the call is Flycatcher-like, but sharper. 



The soft parts are:— Iridcs hazel; bill. Ic-s and toes 

 black.] 



