﻿collected 
  in 
  Nyassaland. 
  15 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  in 
  coloration 
  from 
  all 
  its 
  

   allies. 
  

  

  49. 
  Pratincola 
  torquata. 
  

  

  Pratincola 
  torquata, 
  Sliarpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  250, 
  820 
  ; 
  id. 
  

   Cat. 
  iv. 
  p. 
  190. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  55, 
  27. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  ; 
  Milanji, 
  6000 
  feet, 
  Nov. 
  and 
  

   Dec. 
  Five 
  specimens 
  in 
  various 
  plumages. 
  

  

  50. 
  Erythropygia 
  zambesiana. 
  

  

  Erythropygia 
  zambesiana, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  821 
  ; 
  id. 
  

   Cat. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  78, 
  pi. 
  15. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  No. 
  48. 
  Zomba, 
  Jan., 
  adult 
  and 
  young. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  local 
  form 
  of 
  E. 
  ruficauda 
  ; 
  the 
  type 
  came 
  from 
  

   Tete 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Zambesi. 
  The 
  specimens 
  do 
  

   not 
  quite 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  Tete 
  specimen, 
  being 
  so 
  much 
  darker 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  latter 
  bird 
  is 
  in 
  freshly 
  moulted 
  plumage, 
  whereas 
  

   the 
  Zomba 
  examples 
  are 
  worn 
  and 
  evidently 
  in 
  breeding 
  

   dress. 
  

  

  51. 
  Prinia 
  j'ystacea. 
  

  

  Drymoeca 
  affinis, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  258, 
  82'2. 
  

   ■Prinia 
  mystacea, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  191. 
  

   No. 
  100. 
  Zomba, 
  Jan. 
  

  

  52. 
  CiSTICOLA 
  CINERASCEXS. 
  

  

  Cisticola 
  cinerascens 
  (Heugl.) 
  ; 
  Shai'pe, 
  Cat. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  248. 
  

   No. 
  71, 
  ? 
  . 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  this 
  

   species 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  further 
  south 
  than 
  Dar-es-Salaam. 
  

  

  53. 
  Cisticola 
  subruficapilla. 
  

  

  Cisticola 
  subruficapilla 
  (Smith) 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  

   p. 
  266; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  283. 
  

  

  No. 
  70. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  Aug. 
  and 
  Nov. 
  

  

  54. 
  Cisticola 
  orientalis. 
  

  

  Melocichla 
  mentalis 
  (nee 
  Fras.), 
  Shelley, 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1881, 
  

   p. 
  572. 
  

  

  Cisticola 
  orientalis, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  245. 
  

  

  No. 
  73, 
  c? 
  . 
  Zomba, 
  Febr. 
  This 
  specimen 
  agrees 
  well 
  with 
  

   one 
  from 
  the 
  Usambara 
  country, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  

  

  