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28. CiSTicoLA sTRANGii (Frascr). 



Cisticolu ladoensis, Hartl. op. cit. viii. 1882, p. 189. 

 Cisticola strangei et C. natalensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. vii. 

 pp. 276, 278. 



Nos. 54, 101, 102. S $. Wadelai, Aug. 1885. 



No. 148. c?. Wadelai, Oct. 4, 1885. 



Nos. 9, 19. Tingasi, July 1883. 



I have a specimen in my own collection determined by Dr. 

 Hartlauh as C. ladoensis ; it is in the plumage of Drymoica curvi- 

 rostris, Sundev. For the determination of D. strangei, Fras., 1843, 

 and D. natalensis, Smith, 1843, I would refer to the conclusions I 

 drew (Ibis, 1875, pp. 380. 381), which I still believe to be correct. 

 As the first names for this species were published in the same year, 

 1843, I select Eraser's as being the most applicable. 



29. Cisticola lugubris (Riipp.). 



Cisticola ncBvia, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, 

 p. 189; id, Zool. Jahrb. ii. 1886, p. 333. 



Cisticola lugubris, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 280. 

 No. 97. 6- Wadelai, Aug. 1885. 



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30. Argya rubiginosa (Riipp.). 



Argya rubiginosa, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 93 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 391. 

 No. 494. cJ- Lado, Jan. 12, 1884. 

 Iris pale yellow. 



31. Criniger verreauxi, Sharpe. 



Criniger verreauxi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 73, pi. 4. 

 No. 671. 6- Bellima, June 22, 1883. 



32. Chlorocichla gracilirostris (Strickl.). 

 Chlorocichla gracilirostris, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 1|4. 

 No. 697. ?. Tingasi, July 1, 1883. 



This species was formerly only known from the west coast of 

 Africa. 



33. Phyllostrophus sharpii, Shelley. 



'^Criniger strepitans, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 139 

 (Malindi). 



Fhyllostrephus sharpii, Shelley, Ibis, 1880, p. 334 (Dar-es- 

 Salaam); Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 188. 



Phyllostrophus strepitans, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 117. 



Nos. 45, 59,60, 96. d' 2 . Wadelai, Aug. 1885. 



This is certainly my P. sharpii, which Dr. Hartlaub considers to 

 be distinct from the P. strepitans (Reichen.), the type of which 

 species neither myself nor Mr. Sharpe have seen. 



