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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
May, June, July, Aug.) in the Transvaal, Kanye (Jan.) in 
Bechuaualand, Matje Umschlope in Bulawayo (Nov.), and 
Umfuli River in Rhodesia, and Elephant Yley in German 
S.W. Africa. One skin from Pinetown taken in May also 
seems to be referable to this species, but perhaps this may 
be due to a confusion of label-tickets, as Ayres collected, both 
in Pinetown and Potchefstroom. 
273. ClSTICOLA RUFICAP1LLA. 
Cisticola aberrans Stark & Sclater, Bds. S. Afr. ii. p. 143. 
2a. Sibudeni, Nov. (1) ; Tv. Zuurbron, May (1) ; 
Woodbusli, Jan., May (2) ; Turfloop, Mch. (1). 
The oldest name for this bird is C. ruficapilla Smith, 
published in 1842. Fraser applied the same name to 
another species of the genus from West Africa in the follow¬ 
ing year. 
[“ Nceti” of Zulus. 
Zululand and the South-Eastern and North-Eastern 
Transvaal are the only localities where I have taken this 
species; it is probable that it exists in the intermediate 
country, but it is extremely difficult to name these birds at 
sight, and, except where long periods are spent in a locality, 
they are often passed over, owing in many places to the 
density and length of the grass and vegetation at certain 
seasons. 
Usually observed singly or in pairs, the bird frequents long 
grass in the valleys or thick vegetation bordering the woods 
and streams. Like the other Grass-Warblers, it has a weak 
flight, and when creeping about and just after perching it 
raises the tail and slightly spreads it. It feeds entirely on 
insects, and the call is a single weak chirp. 
The soft parts are :—Irides raw sienna ; bill horn-coloured, 
lower mandible pale slate-coloured; legs and toes amber- 
brown.] 
276. Cisticola rufa. 
F. Beira, Jan., Dec. (3). 
\_“ Stini ” of Ntebis. 
This species was only found near Beira, where it was not 
uncommon. I have only observed it singly ; it frequents 
