384 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graut on 



CiSTICOLA RUFILATA Hai'tl. 



Drymoica rufilata Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 238 (1870) ; 

 Gurney in Audersson, Birds Damaraland, p. 87 (1872). 



Cisticola chiniana Reicli. iii. p. 546 [part.]. 



a. ?. Molopo Eiver, 3000 ft., lOtli April. (No. 21, 

 i?. B. W.) 



Iris hazel; bill dark horn-coloured; feet flesh-coloured. 



This very distinct species oi: Grass-Warbler was founded 

 by Hartlaub on birds obtained by Andersson in Damaraland. 

 By Sharpe (Cat. B. Brit. ]Mus. vii. p. 283) it was regarded 

 as synonymous with C. subruficapilla (Smith), and by 

 Dr. Reichenow is included under C. chiniana (Smith). The 

 British Museum now possesses a considerable scries of ex- 

 amples of this species, and they are very easily distinguished 

 by the light chestnut colour of the head and tail-feathers. 

 The wing in males varies from 66-69 mm. and in females 

 from 54-59 mm. 



This bird was common among the grass and scrub on 

 the banks of the Molopo in places where it was not too 

 heavily timbered. This was the only specimen obtained 

 with so red a tail ; there was nothing in its notes or habits 

 to separate it from other species. 



Cisticola cisticola uropygialis (Fras.). 



Cisticola cisticola uropygialis Reich, iii. p. 556. 



a. ? . Mababe Flats, 3000 ft., 30th July. (No. 73, 

 R. B. \V.) 



Iris, bill, and feet brown. 



Only one specimen of this form of the Mediterranean 

 Grass- Warbler was obtained in Ngamiland, but it is probably 

 not uncommon. It seems to frequent comparatively marshy 

 ground with long rough grass or rushes in preference to 

 the dry open bush-veldt. 



Cisticola Kalahari Ogilvie-Grant. 



Cisticola Kalahari Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. p. 121 

 (1910). 



a-c. c? ? . Molopo River, 3000 ft., 16th & 20th April. 

 (Nos. 29, 30, R. B. W., & 502, G. L.) [Types of the species.] 



