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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
vegetation the tail is held up, which gives the bird a perky 
and graceful appearance. 
The soft parts are:—I rides light hazel; bill black; 
legs and toes palish brown.] 
269. Prinia mystacea. 
M. Illovo, Nov. (1) ; Jususie Valley, Dec. (3) ; Tv. 
Klein Letaba, Aug., Sept. (2) ; F« Beira, Jan., Nov. (2) ; 
Tete, Sept. (1). 
Nceti ” of Zulus. “ Stini ” of Ntebis. 
This Wren-Warbler was noted commonly from Natal and 
Zululand, the Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal, and 
the Beira, Grorongoza, and Tete districts of Portuguese East 
Africa. 
Observed in pairs or small family-parties, it frequents the 
long grass and vegetation in vleis and swamps at the edge 
of woods and in old native clearings. It is an active and 
graceful little bird as it creeps and flits about in search of 
insect food, and often feeds on the ground; but when disturbed 
it always perches on the tops of the vegetation, uttering a 
sharp call and jerking the tail up and down. In this respect 
and other actions it closely resembles P. maculosa of the 
Cape Colony. 
The soft parts are :—-Irides pale brown; bill black; 
legs and toes pale brown. 
270. Prinia flavicans. 
Tv. Pietersburg, Eeb., Mch. (3); Turfloop, Mcli. (1). 
[I only observed this bird on the flats around Pietersburg, 
where it was not uncommon and frequented the long grass 
in the valleys. Usually found in pairs, it is very active and 
lively in habits and much resembles P. mystacea in call and 
actions. 
The soft parts are :—Irides raw sienna ; bill black ; legs 
and toes brownish flesh-coloured.] 
271. Spiloptila ocularia. 
CC. Klipfontein, Apl., July (3). 
[ a Tentenki ” and ei Klop-kloppie ” of Colonists. 
Namaqualand is the only locality where I have seen this 
