7 [Yol. xli. 



The bill o£ the type-specimen measures : exposed^culmen 

 15 mm., from the tip to the gape 19 mm., and ranges in the 

 five specimens from 14*5-15 mm. exposed culmen — on an 

 average, 4 mm. shorter than typical specimens. 



The soft parts are given by the collector as follows : — 

 Iris lemon-yellow ; feet greenish-blue ; bill, upper mandible 

 greenish-black, lower mandible purplish-grey with dark 

 greenish-grey streak along each side. 



The type is an adult male in the British Museum, 

 Reg. No. 1910.5.6.670. Shot at N'Dala Tando, N. Angola, 

 by Dr. Ansorge, on the 26th October, 1908. 



Mr. Bannerman also exhibited and described a new 

 Cisticola from Cameroon, West Africa, and said : — Mr. Gr. 

 L. Bates hes recently returned to England on a visit, 

 and has brought with him a small collection of birds, some 

 collected on Cameroon Mountain and a few from Akono- 

 linga, a place on the Nyong River, in the northern interior 

 of Cameroon. I name this new form 



Cisticola nuchalis sclateri, subsp. nov., 



in honour of Mr. W. L. Sclater, and characterise it as 

 follows : — 



Similar to C. nuelialis nuchalis, but the crown of the head 

 a'deeper and duller chestnut and almost uniform, with only 

 a faint indication of the heavy spotting of the crown which 

 is such a conspicuous feature in typical nuchalis. There 

 is no indication of pale chestnut on the nape, which is 

 uniform like the crown. The general colour of the upper 

 parts, back, coverts, wings, and tail is much duller ; the 

 edgings to the feathers instead of being buflf are chestnut ; 

 and the heavy black middles to the feathers of the back do 

 not in consequence stand out conspicuously as they do in 

 C. n. nuchalis. The underside is of a much deeper buff, 

 inclining almost to rufous on the flanks and under tail- 

 feathers. 



Bill (exposed culmen) 14 mm., wing 65, tail 55, 

 tarsus 27. 



