498 
Dr. S. L. Hinde on 
penultimate feather has the tip white, as well as a narrow 
edging to the outer web ; the third feather has simply a 
white spot at the tip.—It. B. S.] 
19. ClSTICOLA SUB RU FI CAP ILL A (Smith). 
No 157, S. Athi river, Sept. 15, 1899. 
This species lives in the long grass or low scrub on the 
plains. It is one of the commonest birds in the Ukamba 
Province and one of the tamest. 
[Agrees with a specimen obtained by Mr. F. J. Jackson at 
Kibwezi.—R. B. S.] 
20. Cisticola hindei Sharpe; Hinde, Ibis, 1898, p. 580, 
pi. xii. fig. 2. 
a-e , ad. Machako’s, May 20, 1898. 
/, ad. Machako’s, Aug. 4, 1898. 
g, ad. Athi river, Aug. 1899. 
[The specimen killed in August appears to be in full 
winter plumage with striped head, while the males procured 
in May have the uniform crown of the summer plumage.— 
R. B. S.] 
21. Cisticola erythrogenys (Rupp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. vii. p. 275 (1883). 
a, £ ad. Machako’s, June 5, 1898. 
b-d, S ad. N’gong, Nov. 1898-Jan. 1899. 
22. Myrmecocichla cryptoleuca Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 
p. 445; 1892, p. 163. 
o, B ad.; b, c } $ imm. N’gong, Masailand, Sept. 29,1898. 
[The adult female will probably be indistinguishable from 
the male. The two specimens sent by Dr. Hinde do not 
seem to be quite adult, as they have some rusty-brown 
feathers intermixed with the black plumage, probably 
evidences of immaturity. This seems to be a totally distinct 
species from M. formicivora , which is altogether a brown bird. 
—R. B. S.] 
23. Crateropus hypoleucus Cab.; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 
p. 164. 
a , $ . Athi river, Sept. 18, 1899. 
