206 Major H. J. Kelsall on 



Camaroptera super ciliaris. 



Two specimens only obtained : — No. 700 near Yonnibanna, 

 23. ix. 11 ; No. 771 near Mafwe, 8. x. 12. 



Eremomela pasilla. 



Lives in the tops of trees and seldom comes down to tlie 

 undergrowth. 



Irides greenish grey; legs pale greenish horn; feet dull 

 yellow. 



Pholidornis rushise ussheri. 



Pholidornis rushics ussheri Hartert^ J. f. O. 1907, p. 621. 



I onlj^ obtained three specimens of this beautiful little 

 Flower-pecker. The first occasion was at Yele, when 1 

 brought down two from the top of a tall bare tree^ and a 

 week later I obtained a single specimen near Yonnibanna. 



Stiphrornis erythrothorax. 



A single pair obtained in the mountain-forest 10 miles 

 south of Freetown. 



Hylia prasina. 



Lives in fairly dense bush. Never very common. 

 Irides dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet pale 

 greenish slate. 



Cisticola cisticola uropygialis. 



Of five specimens which appear to be referable to this 

 species, one only is typical. The remaining four resemble 

 C. terrestris Smithy in having dark tail-feathers. None of 

 my specimens has any trace of a brownish band across 

 the tail-feathers, such as usually occurs in typical Cisticola 

 cisticola . 



C. brachyptera Sharpe (' Ibis/ 1870, p. 476) is usually 

 considered a synonym of C. rufa Fras,, but appears to be 

 sufficiently distinguished by its duskier coloration and 

 generally smaller size. 



The various species of this group are plentiful in the 

 open grassy plains and low scrub. Some of them {Melo- 

 eichla mentalis and C. lateralis, at any rate) have quite 

 a pleasing little song, uttered when perched on the top of 

 a tall grass stem or low bush. 



