440 Ant. Reichenow und Her man Schalow: 



is paler and more of a cinnamon-rufous, as are likewise tlie flanks. 

 The latter are separated from the white abdomen by a line of 

 black feathers as in the other Cindosomata; and this appears not 

 to be the case in C. casianothorax. The bad condition of the skin, 

 however, renders it difticult to say for certain, though Mr. Could 

 had no doubt on the subject and has figured it without the stripes. 



Total length 9,5 inches; wing 3,8; tail 4,1; tarsus 1,2. 



Hab.: North-western Australia, 



202. Cisticola meridionalts. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 243. 



Adult female. General colour above ashy browu, the rump gra- 

 dually iuclining to rufous-brown ; forehead rufous, shading off into ashy 

 brown on the hinder crown; lores dull white; round the eye a ring 

 of white feathers, and above the eye a very narrow line of white 

 stiffoned plumes, forming, with a streak of buti" above the ear-coverts, 

 a faintly-defined eyebrow; ear-coverts dull rufous, with whitish shaft- 

 lines; cheeks white, as also the throat; a narrow moustachial line of 

 black; rest of the under surface of body ashy white, with a slight 

 tawny finge on the sides of the neck; the sides of the body light 

 tawny buff, deepening on the lower fianks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts; under wing-coverts ashy white, the lower ones washed 

 with pale tawny buff; wings above dark browu, the least wing- 

 coverts washed with ashy brown like the back, the greater coverts 

 and quills externally edged with rufous; upper tail-coverts deep 

 rufous; tail dark brown, obscurely wawed under certain lights, the 

 feathers externally washed with rufous, the outer feathers tipped 

 with ashy fulvous ; bill black in skin, the edge of the upper man- 

 dible whitish, the lower mandible yellowish white; eyes dark brown; 

 iris yellow, with an outer ring of brown. Total length 7,8 inches; 

 culmen 0,7; wing 3,05; tail 3,35; tarsus 1,15. 



Hab.: WestAfrica, from the Congo districtextendingintoBenguela. 



203. Cisticola orientalis. 



R. P. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 245. 



Adult. General colour above light fulvous-brown, becoming 

 a little deeper on the rump; wing-coverts sandy brown; median 

 and greater-coverts dusky, externally sandy-brown; bastard wing 

 dusky brown, with bufty-white edges; primary-coverts and quills 

 dark brown, externally edged with bright sandy rufous; upper 

 tail-coverts deep rufous-brown ; tail feathers dark brown, the outer 

 ones edged and tipped with sandy bull ; crown of the head a little 

 darker brown than the back, the fore head and sinciput rufous 

 with black shaft-streaks ; lores and feathers round the eye white, 

 extending a little above the eye and forming a narrow white eye- 

 brow tinged with fulvous posteriorly; ear-coverts rufous, with ful- 

 vous shaftlines; cheeks white, fulvescent behind, throat white; 

 separated from the cheeks by a distinct moustachial line of black; 

 the lower throat, fore neck, ehest, sides of the body, flanks, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts tawny bulf, centre of breast and abdomen 



