;U2 Mr. W. L. Sclater on. Btnh colledel 



tlie long grass and vegetation in the vleis and the borders 

 oi' woods and deserted native hinds. It is very active in 

 liabits, tlie call being a sharp squeaky note ; flight is seldom 

 indulged in. 



The soft parts are : — Irides raw sienna; bill brown, paler 

 at base of lower mandible; legs and toes umber-coloured.] 



278. CiSTICOLA TINNIENS. 



Tv. Woodbu^h, Nov. (7). 



[Curiously enough, I have only seen this rather striking 

 (irass-Warbler in the Woodbush Hills of the North-Easteru 

 Transvaal, where it was quite plentiful and fiequented the 

 long grass and rough vegetation in the vleis and along the 

 numerous streams. It is a very active bird and has a 

 loud mellow call, and is usually observed in pairs. It was 

 probably breeding in this locality, as it was the summer 

 season, but no nests were discover^id. 



The soft parts are : — 



cJ . Irides hazel ; bill black with, in most specimens, a spot 

 of paler colour on the lower mandible; legs and toes amber- 

 brown. 



In the female practically the whole of the lower mandible 

 is pale.] 



279. CiSTlCOLA TERRESTRIS. 



N. Illovo, Nov. (1) ; Z. Umfolosi Station, June, Aug. 

 (5) ; Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch,, Apl, (2) ; Woodbush, June, 

 Nov., Dec. (5) ; Pietersburg, Mch. (1) ; P. Masambeti, Oct. 



[The specimen with the long tail, shot on the 2-ith of 

 October at Beira, is probably a late bird, and has not yet 

 assumed the summer plumage. The female shot on the 20th 

 of June at Woodbush is a remarkably pale specimen, but 

 has all the markings of C. ter7-estris. 



This little Grass-bird was noted from Natal and Zululand, 

 and the South-Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal. It is 

 usually found in jjairs, and frequents, more or less, open 

 grass-country, spending most of its time on the ground. 

 When flushed it rises with a jerky flight and utters several 

 sharp notes,] 



