Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1930 |
Journal: | Ibis |
Volume: | 72 |
Date Published: | 1930 |
ISBN Number: | 1474-919X |
Keywords: | Africa, Apalis, Cisticola, Cisticola nana, Cisticola nanus, Cisticolidae, Regulus, Regulus regulus |
Abstract: | 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. |
URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1930.tb08371.x |
Short Title: | Ibis |
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