Species 36. Cisticola Nana. Pl. XVIII. fig. 80. Cisticola nana Fisch. & Rchw., J. f. O. 1884, p. 260: typ. loc. Ngaruka, Aruaha Distr., north‐eastern Tanganyika Terr.

The least of all the Cisticolae—although some of the races of other species are as small—a tiny, roundabout little creature, scarcely bigger than a Goldcrest (Regulus) , and of not very different proportions: confined to a comparatively small part of East Africa. In life, quite “a Cisticola”, but one with a good deal of individuality in its behaviour, with quick darting movements, and at home in fairly dry, tall “bush” country. Discovered only forty‐five years ago, nana was classified without hesitation in its natural place among the Cisticolae, and there it has remained more or less undisturbed; although near relationship with Apalis angusticauda, a bird of very like coloration, but with a number of unlike characters of form, has been suggested.