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GEUEEA AND SPECIES OE BIEDS. 



IX. MELOCICHLA, Hartl. 



(Cisticola, pt., Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vn. p. 235, 1883.) 



1. mentalis(iW-). (p. 241.) W ;f^% « 



[C/. Sharpe, BuU. B. O. C. vi. p. xlviii, 1897-] (Gold Coast). 



Equatorial Africa 

 (Uganda). 



2. meridionalis {Sharpe). (p. 243.) 



W. & S.W. Africa 

 (Congo to BeDguela). 



3. orientalis (Sharpe). (p. 245.) 



E. Africa. 

 Equatorial Africa. 



4. grandis (Bocage). (p. 243, note.) 



Benguela. 



5. atricauda, Beichenow, Orn. MB. i. p. 61 (1893). C. Africa 



(Ukondjo). 



X. CISTICOLA, Eaup*. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 235, 1883.) 



1. ruficapilla, A. Smith. 



aberrans (A. Smith), (p. 245.) 



S.E. Africa 

 (Natal to 

 Mashona-land). 



2. dispar, Smisa, Jorn. Lisb. xlvi. p. 98 (1887). BeDguela. 



3. angusticauda, Beichenow, J. f. O. 1891, C. E. Africa 



p. 162. (Gonda). 



* I have been unable to place Cisticola ladocnsis, Hartl. (Cat. vii. p. 240, note). 



