Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
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In the ‘Catalogue of Birds 3 (vol. vii. p. 138) Sharpe 
suggests that the white-breasted form is the breeding- 
plumage, but the long dated series of the true A. thoracica 
from Pinetown in the British Museum Collection shews 
that this obviously cannot be the case. 
Apalis ruddi. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 
Claude Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 1908, p. 93. 
P. Coguno, Sept. 8 (1). 
This new species, of which only one example was obtained, 
comes nearest to A. griseiceps Reich. & Neum., figured in the 
Journ. f. Orn. (1900, pi. 2. fig. 2), from Kilimanjaro. It 
differs from it, as also from A. thoracica , in its olive-green 
tail and in the absence of any white on the outer tail- 
feathers. It appears to be quite a distinct form. 
[Only a pair of this Warbler was seen, the male of which 
was shot. They were creeping about some thick vegetation 
at the edge of a wood and were particularly tame, although 
when I fired the female disappeared and I was unable to 
again find her. They were uttering a low call and were 
diligently searching for insects; except for the conspicuous 
breast-band, they could easily be mistaken for Euprinodes 
neglectus. 
The soft parts are :—Irides amber-yellow ; bill black ; legs 
and toes palish brown.] 
260. Stenostira scita. 
CC. Klipfontein, Apl. (2). 
[This graceful and dainty little bird is decidedly scarce in 
Namaqualand, which is the only locality where I have 
observed it since the Central Cape Colony trip. I saw three 
parties of three or four individuals ; it frequents the bushes 
both on the flats and the mountain-sides, and is very active in 
its habits, diligently searching for insects after the manner of 
a Warbler. It has a quick jerky flight, usually only from bush 
to bush, and the call is Flycatcher-like, but sharper. 
The soft parts are : —Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes 
black.] 
