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Mr. E. C. Chubb on the Birds of 
92. ClSTICOLA RUFICAPILLA. 
Cisticola ruficapilla Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. 73. 
fig. 1 (1842). 
Cisticola aberrans Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 143. 
a. March 4, 1907. 
I took a nest of this species at Belle Yue on Eeb. 20th, 
1908. It contained three pale blue eggs finely spotted with 
light red, measuring 15*5 x 12 mm. The nest was cup¬ 
shaped and circular (2J" internal diameter) and built of 
soft grass-blades lined with fine vegetable hair. It was 
situated in tall grass. 
93. Cisticola subruficapilla. 
Cisticola subruficapilla Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 151. 
Ants were found in the stomach of one specimen examined. 
Another was shot as it flew from the nest. This was situated 
in a tuft of thick grass on the ground and contained one 
egg and two young. The egg was transparent white with 
purplish-brown spots, thickest at the larger end. It measures 
19x8 mm. The nest was cup-shaped and formed of woven 
grass, bound together and lined with silky down from 
plants. 
94. Sylvia cinerea. 
Sylvia cinerea Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 81. 
a. $ . Feb. 15, 1908 (in full moult). 
The Whitethroat appears to have been only once previously 
recorded from South Africa. It was obtained at Otniovapa 
in Damaraland by Andersson on January 12, 1867. 
95. Phylloscopus trochilus. 
Phylloscopus trochilus Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 84. 
a . March 22, 1908. 
96. Dryodromas fulvicapilla. 
Cisticola fulvicapilla Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 141. 
a. Jan. 8, 1908. “ Umdonya.” 
I took a nest of this bird, which is a plentiful resident, on 
March 14, 1908. It was situated in the fork of a low 
bush about one foot from the ground, and contained three 
