420 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 
forehead and crown dull rusty red strongly streaked with 
black. This rare species was represented in the British 
Museum b.y only a single example from Southern Nubia. 
[The Eed-capped Fantail- Warbler was fairly common 
about Eashoda. I found some of these birds quite two miles 
from the river. They are much less shy than other grass- 
birds and^ when disturbed, fly up into bushes instead of 
hiding in the herbage. — E-. M. H.] 
57. CiSTICOLA MARGINALIS. 
Cisticola marginalis (Heugl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
Yii. p. 258 (1883) ; Grant & Reid, pp. 652, 653. 
a. S- Kaka, 8th Mar. No. 125. 
b-f. S ? . Fashoda, 26th-29th Mar. Nos. 197, 205, 
209, 238, 239. 
Iris light brown ; bill dusky ; legs horn-coloured. 
As already pointed out [cf. Ibis, 1901, pp. 652, 653), this 
species, which appears to be confined to the Valley of the 
White Nile, may be at once distinguished from C. erythro- 
genys Heugl. by having the upper tail-coverts buff, with 
rarely a trace of black spots on one or two of the feathers. 
This species is new to our collection. 
[We found Heuglin's Grass- Warbler fairly common along 
the banks of the White Nile near Fashoda. It is very shy 
and takes cover in the grass when disturbed. — H. M. H.] 
58. BUTICTLLA PHCENICURA. 
Ruticilla phcenicura (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 164 ; 
Witherby, p. 258. 
a. S' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 11th April. No. 318. 
Bill, legs, and feet black. 
[The Bedstart was not common and appeared to be very 
sliy._B. M. H.] 
59. Saxicola melanoleuca. 
Saxicola melanoleuca (Giild.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. V. p. 385 (1881) ; Witherby, p. 259; N. C. Roths. & 
Wollast. p. 18. 
a. ^ . Jebel Auli, 4th Feb. No. 32. 
Iris hazel ; bill and legs black. 
