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230. Melocichla mentalis. 
Melocichla mentalis (Fras.) ; Reich, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 538. 
No. 57. ? . Kambove, 4500 ft., Feb. 23, 1907. 
Bill blackish above, whitish below; feet bluish slate- 
coloured; iris brown. 
No. 181. S . Junction of Lualaba and Lufupa Rivers, 
3000 ft., May 11, 1907. 
Bill dusky horn-coloured, lower mandible whitish tipped 
dusky ; feet dark greyish ; iris brown. 
No. 390. ? . Lufupa R., 4000 ft., Oct. 11, 1907. 
Bill black above, whitish below ; feet slate-coloured; iris 
orange-brown. 
No. 761. <$. E. of L. Bangweolo, Oct. 8, 1908. 
Bill dusky, lower mandible greyish white; feet slate- 
coloured; iris reddish brown. 
This bird is difficult to obtain, as on the slightest alarm 
it disappears into the long grasses in which it lives. It 
has a singularly sweet song. 
231. CiSTICOLA STOEHRI. 
Cisticola stoehri Neave, loc. cit. p. 66. 
I did not meet with this species again. It would therefore 
seem to be confined to the low ground of the Luangwa 
Valley. 
232. Cisticola nana. 
Cisticola nana Fisch. & Reich. J. f. O. 1884, p. 260; 
Reich, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 560. 
No. 491. S. Chambezi Valley, 4000 ft., April 11, 1908. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured, lower mandible whitish; 
feet flesh-coloured; iris reddish brown. 
233. Cisticola rufo-pileata. 
Cisticola rufopileata Reich.; Neave, loc. cit. p. 66. 
No. 82. $ juv. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 14, 1907. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured above, orange below; feet 
dull pinkish; iris olive greyish. 
No. 97. S ' Dikulwe R., March 18. 1907. 
Bill dusky, somewhat paler below ; feet pale jnnkish 
brown ; iris yellow-brown. 
