314 APPENDIX. 



a. Durban, April 23, 1873. Iris bright hazel. 



b. $ (probably). Between Pretoria and Bamangwato, July 1873. 

 Iris hazel. Fruit and seeds in stomach. 



80. Pycnonotus nigricans (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., 

 vi. p. 134 ; id. ed. Layard, App. p. 815. Le Vaillant's Bulbul. 

 a. $ Crocodile River, July 1873. ^ ris deep crimson ; skin round 

 eye orange. Large seeds in stomach. 



8r. Phyllostrophus Capensis, Swains. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 203 

 (see App. p. 814). Cape Bristle-necked Bulbul. 

 a. Not labelled. 



Family Timeliid^e. 



82. ClSTICOLA ABERRANS (Smith) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 271. Smith's 



Fantail-Warbler. 

 a. Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris lake. 



83. ClSTICOLA terrestris (Smith). Cisiicola cursitans (Frankl.) ; 



Sharpe, /. c. p. 275 (corrected in App. p. 824) ; id. in Oates's 

 Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 310 (188 1). South African Fantail- 

 Warbler. 

 a. Near Newcastle (?) about the end of May 1873. Iris very pale. 

 Stomach of this and the reed species contained remains of beetles. 



[In my edition of Layard's Birds of South Africa (p. 275) I united 

 C. terrestris of Smith and C. cursitans (Frankl.), as I did also in the 

 first edition of the present work. I now believe, however, that this was 

 a mistake, and that C. terrestris is a distinct species, recognizable by 

 its uniform blackish tail-feathers.] 



84. ClSTICOLA tinniens (Licht.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 265. Le 



Vaillant's Fantail-Warbler. 

 a. Marsh near Newcastle, June 1, 1873. Common in marsh. 



85. ClSTICOLA Natalensis (Smith) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 261. Cisticola 



curvirostris (Sund.); Sharpe, /. c. p. 263 (corrected in App. p. 



822); id. in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 309(1881). 



Natal Fantail-Warbler. 



a. Tibakai's Pan, January 21, 1875. Iris P a l e red-brown ; upper 



mandible of bill dusky, lower one bluish white ; legs flesh-colour ; 



claws dusky. 



[I have recently shown, in the 7th vol. of the British Museum 

 ' Catalogue of Birds,' that C. curvirostris (Sund.), under which name 

 this species was entered in the first edition, is only the breeding 

 plumage of C. Natalensis (Smith).] 



86. ClSTICOLA Chiniana (Smith) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 268. Larger 



Grey-backed Fantail-Warbler. 



