66 Neave, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



These specimens might have been expected to be 

 C. melanure, Cab., but the tail is brown, not black, and is 

 much shorter. The tail-feathers also have pale tips, and 

 a dusky-blackish subterminal spot, but the light ends are 

 not very pronounced. A further difference is the rufous- 

 brown back. These differences are constant in all the 

 four specimens obtained. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to 

 Dr. F. O. Stoehr, medical officer to the expedition. 



20, 21. $ ad. Mseize River, Feira district. July 19, 

 1904. 



Bill, brownish-pink ; iris, red ; feet, pink. 



245. $ ad. Type. E. bank of Loangwa. June 18, 

 1905. 



Bill, pinkish, base blackish above ; iris, light brown ; 

 feet, pale pink. 



351. $ ad. Type. Mterize River. July 24, 1905. 



Bill, pinkish-brown, paler below; iris, yellowish-brown ; 

 feet, pale pinkish. 



141. Cisticola rufopileata. 



Cisticola 1-ufopileata, Reichen. , Journ. f Ornith., 1S91, p. 69 ; 

 Id., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 561. 



492. £ ad. Near the Lusenfwa River, Alala Plateau. 

 Nov. 10, 1905. 



Bitl, dusky-horn, paler below; iris, yellowish-brown; 

 feet, pale brownish colour. 



142. Cisticola sylvia. 



Cisticola sylvia, Reichen., Orn. Monatsb., vol. 12, p. 28 (1904: 

 Ulegga, Central Africa); Id., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, 



P- 5 6 3- 

 213. $, ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 6, 1905. 

 Bill, dark brown, paler below ; iris, light brown ; feet y 

 pinkish-brown. 



