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152. Graminicola Le Vaillantii (Smith). 



Drymaca Le Vaillantii, Smitli, IH S. Afr. ZooL Aves, t. IxxiiL f. 2. 

 Dryinaca cantans, HeugL Ibis, 1869, p. 96. 

 Cistkola cayitans, HeugL Om. X. O. Afr. p. 252. 



Iris orange-brown. 



1 only met with, tliis species at Senafe. The tail is 

 imperfect, and I cannot distinctly tell whether it has 10 

 or 12 rectrices ; the latter is probablj- the correct number. 

 Wing ■2-25, tail 2'45, tarsus 0"95, bill O'S in. I am 

 indebted to Dr. Finsch for the identification of tbis bird 

 with the South African form. 



This and the two subsequent species belong to cue 

 group, for which Jerdon ("Birds of India,' ii. p. 177) has 

 proposed the generic name Graminicola. It includes 

 several South African species, and one Indian form, 

 G. hengalensis. They are, I think, correctly distinguished 

 from both Ci^tieoJa and Dnjiaceca. 



153' G. robusta (Eiipp.). 



Drymoka Tobusta, Riipp. Syst. TJebers. p. 35, t. xiii — ^Lefebvie, 



p. S9.— HeugL Ibis, 1S69, p. 99. 

 Cistkola robusta, HeugL Om. N. O. Afr. p. 254. 



The only specimen obtained was killed at Adigrat. 

 It has 12 tad-feathers. Measurement : — Wing 3 in., tail 

 2-6, tarsus I'l, bill 055 in. 



154. G. erythrogenys (Eiipp.), 



Cistieola erythrogenys, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 111. 



Drymceca erythrogenys, Eiipp. Srst. Uebers. p. 34, t. xdL — Ferr. et 



GaL Ko. 64.— HeugL Ibis, 1869, p. 95. 

 Cistkola erythrogenys, HeugL Om. 2v. 0. Afr. p. 250. 



Only a single specimen obtained. This also was shot at 

 Senafe. It measures : wing 2-5 in., tail 225, tai-sus 1, bill 05. 



