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It differs only in having the buff on the underparts more 
pronounced; and this difference is probably seasonal; for 
the types of C. somalica were collected in July and August, 
while the type of C. cinereola was obtained in February, and 
the birds before ns, which exactly resemble the latter, are 
dated 16th and 17th January. 
[This Grass-Warbler is more like a Pipit in its habits 
than the rest of the species of Cisticola, spending much of 
its time on the ground. It was met with only on the dry 
ITawash plain.—L.] 
117. Cisticola erythrogenys. 
Cisticola erythrogenys (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
vii. p. 275 (1883). [Female.] 
Cisticola rohusta Riipp. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 
p. 146 (1884), & xxvi. p. 252 (1888). [Male.] 
a. S • Derru, iVbyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 117.) 
h. $ . Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 124.) 
c. S' Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 283.) 
d. S> Lekamte, Abyssinia, 16 March, 1899. (No. 429.) 
a, b, c. Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; legs light brown. 
d. Iris light hazel; bill dark; legs light. 
The males of this species are, as is usual with members of 
this genus, very much larger than the females. 
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d. 
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a 
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IT. 
Specimen d differs from a and c in having the lower back 
and rump almost uniform black. 
[A very common species throughout Abyssinia. I shot one 
at Derru out of a flock of Quelea cethiopica , apparently feeding 
on the dhurra-stalks; but the contents of the bird’s crop were 
unfortunately not noted.—L.] 
118. Cisticola lugubris. 
Cisticola lugubris (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 
p. 280 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 149 
(1884), & xxvi. p. 253 (1888). 
