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Birds f rom British East Af rica. 
expressly informed tliat the feathers on the hinder part of 
the head are grey tipped with olive-green, which is the 
distinguishing characteristic of E. flavocincta. The type of 
E. golzi was procured at Great Aruscha, while the typical 
examples of E. flavocincta were procured by Hildebrandt 
on the Athi River in Ukamba. 
[I only saw one example of this species at Kilimanjaro 
besides the bird obtained at Nairobi.— A, B. P.] 
63. Prinia mystacea Rupp. 
Prinia mystacea Reich, iii. p. 590. 
a. Ad. Mombasa. 
b. Ad. Nairobi, 21st May, 1902. (No. 285.) 
64. Cisticola rijfa (Fraser). 
Cisticola rufa Reich, iii. p. 567. 
a. A imm. Shimonh, 18th May, 1901. 
Upper mandible horn-coloured, lower mandible yellowish 
flesh-coloured ; legs pale flesh-coloured. 
65. Cisticola lugubris (Riipp.). 
Cisticola lugubris Reich, iii. p. 552. 
a. Ad. Takaungu, 15th March, 1901. (No. 132.) 
b . Shimoni, June 1901. 
The native name for this bird is said to be “ DohasaP 
66. Cisticola cinerascens (Heugl.). 
Cisticola semitorques Reich, iii. p. 563. 
a, b. $ . Kikuyu Forest, 23rd & 24th April, 1902. 
(Nos. 263, 268.) 
67. Cisticola nuchalis Reich. 
Cisticola nuchalis Jackson, Ibis, 1901, p. 59. 
Cisticola ambigua Sharpe, Bulk B. O. C. xi. p. 28 (1900). 
Cisticola robust a nuchalis Reich, iii. p. 55b. 
a, b. Kikuyu Forest, April 1902. 
Dr. Sharpe has separated examples from Mau under the 
name Cisticola ambigua on account of their uniform 
flanks. This difference seems to be individual and is 
certainly not of specific importance. 
