315 
by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
Heliolais kirbyi. 
Haagner, Ann. Transvaal Mus. i., Aug. 1909, p. 233. 
F. Tambarara, Mch. (I <£). 
To this recently described species from Boror I refer 
Mr. Grants Gorongoza example, identified by him as Ortho- 
tomus erythropterus (Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 1908, p. 93), and 
also Mr. Swynnerton^s Kurumadzi example from the frontier 
of Rhodesia and Mozambique (f Ibis/ 1908, p. 80), identified 
by him as Heliolais erythroptera. 
This species differs from H. erythroptera, the type of which 
was taken on the Gold Coast, in the absence of the reddish 
shade of the upper parts and the much paler colour of the 
under parts. It is also rather smaller, the wing measuring 
50 mm. against 56 in H. erythroptera. 
[The Beira and Gorongoza districts of the Portuguese 
country are the only localities where I have seen this bird. 
It has much the habit and appearance of a Cisticola or 
Prinia , and haunts the long grass and low bushes like those 
birds; but the call-note is much sharper and louder than that 
of any of the Grass-birds found in these districts, and the red 
wings are conspicuous, both in flight and when the bird is 
sitting. It is not common, and often frequents such thick 
situations that it cannot be seen. Its call first drew my 
attention to it. 
The soft parts are :—Irides pale yellow; bill horn- 
coloured, yellowish at base and gape ; legs and toes amber- 
brown.] 
290. Sphenceacus africanus. 
CG. Table Mt. slopes, Jan., Feb. (5) ; Durban Rd., Sept. 
(1) ; Knysna, Apl. (1) ; Plettenberg Bay, Feb., Mch. (2). 
[“ Ylei duiker 99 of Cape Colonists. 
1 have only found this bird in the Cape Peninsula and 
the Knysna district, in both of which localities it is common. 
It frequents the long grass and bush, both on the flats 
and the hill-sides, and is found either solitary or in pairs. 
It seldom flies, and when alarmed dives into the depths of 
the herbage, and is extremely difficult to flush. The flight, 
when indulged in, is weak and of short duration. The call 
