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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
a. ?. Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 142.) 
b. S • Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. (No. 171.) 
c. S • Kosso, Abyssinia, 8 February, 1899. (No. 303.) 
Iris light hazel; bill dark ; legs light. 
a. ? . Wing 2*15 inches, tail O'89. 
b. $. „ 2-5 ,, „ 0 95. 
c. A. „ 2 o „ 5, 0 9. 
[One of the commonest species o£ Cisticola along our 
route, and always met with in high grass.—L.] 
119. Cisticola lovati, sp. n. 
Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. kunteri Shelley, 
from Kilimanjaro, having the same dark upper parts and the 
peculiar smoke-coloured underparts. It may, however, be 
at once distinguished by having a clear buff superciliary 
stripe, the thighs and under tail-coverts pale whitish buff, 
and the tips of the tail-feathers, especially the outer pairs, 
whitish buff. In the types of C. hunteri the thighs are 
rust-red, the under tail-coverts dark smoky grey, and the tips 
of the tail-feathers dark brownish grey, like the basal portion. 
Iris light hazel; bill dark; legs light brown. Total length 
5‘5 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 2T5, tail 2'25, tarsus 1*0. 
a. $. Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 119.) 
[ Type of the species.'] 
120. Cisticola chiniana. 
Cisticola chiniana (Smith); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
vii. p. 283 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann, Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 149 
(1884), & xxvi. p. 253 (1888). 
a. g? Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 123.) 
b. Jaw aha, Abyssinia, 21 February, 1899. (No. 357.) 
Iris light hazel; bill dark ; legs light brown. 
Specimen a, <$? (no doubt a female), with the wing 2‘25 
inches, has the dark markings on the upper parts more washy 
and less distinct than in any of the large number of speci¬ 
mens examined; still I think there is little doubt that it 
belongs to this species. In specimen b, <$, the wing measures 
2*65 inches. 
[The poverty of the collection in species of Cisticola must 
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