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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
b. Iris light brown; bill and legs black. 
c, d, e. Iris light hazel ; bill dark; legs light. 
[A common bird, and easily distinguished by its cocked- 
up tail and jerky flight.—L.] 
115. ClSTICOLA TERRESTRIS. 
Cisticola terrestris (Smith); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 
p. 266 (1883) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 71 [Somaliland]. 
Hemipteryoc terrestris Salvacl. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 
p. 255 (1888). 
a. A • Jig Jegga, Abyssinia, 23 December, 1898. (No. 21.) 
b. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. (No. 221.) 
c. ? . Kombolsha, Abyssinia, 15 February, 1899. 
(No. 314.) 
d. Golba, Abyssinia, 25 February, 1899. (No. 373.) 
Iris light brown; bill dark brown; legs light brown. 
a. A • Wing 2‘1 inches. 
c. $ . Wing 1*9 inch. 
[This species favours the open plain, and is almost 
invariably to be seen running on the ground.—L.] 
116. Cisticola cinereola. 
Cisticola cinereola Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 254 
(1888) [Shoa]. 
? Cisticola somalica Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 483 [Western 
Somaliland]. 
a. A • Hawash, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. [No. 205.] 
b. ), 17 January, 1899. [No. 216.] 
Iris light brown; bill dusky; legs light. 
Two males in the collection undoubtedly belong to this 
species. They agree perfectly with Salvador’s description 
of the female type, but, as one might expect, are somewhat 
larger. 
a. Wing 2*55 inches, tail 2‘25. 
b. „ 2*5 „ „ 2*15. 
Salvadori’s female type from Farre, Shoa, measures :— 
wing 2*24 inches, tail 1*92. 
C. somalica Sharpe, from Mimie and Ehrer in Western 
Somaliland, is almost certainly identical with the present bird. 
