On four new Species of Kast-African Birds. 303 
Anas penelope. Phaeton eethereus. 
Puffinus, sp. inc. flavirostris. 
Procellaria, sp. inc. Tachypetes aquilus. 
So far as I know, no bird has been previously registered 
from the Marshall group. There are no small land-birds here, 
and, what strikes me as most singular, no Kingfisher, which 
is the more to be wondered at, as the islands abound with 
lizards. 
XXXII.—Descriptions of four new Species of East-African 
Birds. By Captain G. E. SHeney. 
(Plates VII. & VIII.) 
1. CisTICOLA RHODOPTERA, Sp. 0. 
Upper half of the head dark brown, with the lores, cheeks, 
and ear-coverts of a slightly more ashy shade; back brown, 
with a slight rufous shade on the middle, a more ashy shade 
towards the scapulars, and an olive shade on the rump and 
upper tail-coverts ; wings dark brown, with all the coverts, 
and with broad margins to the quills, bright chestnut; the 
secondaries with narrow pale ends ; tail-feathers (much worn) 
brown, with white ends, and with a broad subterminal black- 
ish-brown bar; chin, throat, and centre of the chest white, 
shading into pale ochreous brown on the sides of the crop, 
flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; under surface of the 
wings dark brown, with the inner margins of the quills and 
the centre portion of the coverts pale ochreous brown, the 
remainder of the under wing-coverts white; bill pale brown, 
shading into dark brown towards the base of the upper and 
the edges of both mandibles; tarsi and feet flesh-colour. 
Total length 4°8 inches, culmen 0:6, wing 2°15, tail 2°4, 
tarsus 0:95. 
A single specimen of this bird has been sent to me by 
Dr. Kirk from the Usambara hills. 
The present species is closely allied to C. erythroptera 
(Jard.). Compared with a specimen of that bird obtained by 
myself at Accra, on the Gold Coast (labelled “ 9, 15th of 
