— 199 — 



Wing, culmen, tarsus, 



100 mm. 17 mm. 27 mm. 



100 mm. 18 mm. 26 mm. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



Anthus leucophrys leucophrys Vieill. — Rchw. III. p. 316. 



Motongoto . . , ki-kamba. 



3 c5^ ad. 9. 5., 7. 8. Eldoret. - 2 ^^ ad. 26. 7. Soy. - 1 p ad. 24. 7. 



Mount Elgon. — 1 Q 26. 7. Soy. - 2 QQ 7. 8. Eldoret. 



This race was common in the districts of Eldoret and Soy, 

 where it occurred in the company of Anthus rufulus raalieni 

 and I saw it, as a rule, in pairs but occasionally 3 or 4 together 

 on the high ways. Only on one occasion did I see it on the 

 slopes of Elgon. 



It is no easy task to determine where these 9 specimens 

 should be correctly placed. Neumann (Journ. f. Orn. 1906, 

 p. 234—237) has separated not less than 9 allied forms, of which 

 5 are for the first time described by him and Z e d 1 i t z (Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1911, p. 48) cites them after Neumann. Sclater& 

 Mackworth-Praed (Ibis 1918, p. 614) say: "we have come 

 to the conclusion that the list of races given by Z e d 1 i t z (J. 

 f. 0. 1911, p. 48) is correct", although Reichenow (Journ. f. 

 Orn. 1918, p. 91) considers Anthus leucophrys angolensis a syno- 

 nym of A. I. leucophrys Vieill. and (according to Grant: Ibis 

 1913, p. 587) Anthus omoensis synonymous with A. I. sordidus 

 Riipp. 



We have thus, according to Reichenow, to include 7 

 races. But as Sclater & Mackworth-Praed (op. cit.) 

 have specimens of A. I. vaalensis from the Cape and Natal (from 

 the same area as A. I. leucroijhrys) they consider that this race 

 should be separated as a special one. In this way there remain 

 only the following six: 



1. Anthus leucophrys leucophrys Vieill. 



South Africa: the Cape, Natal, Angola, eastwards to Nyanza 

 district and the Massai countries of Kilima-Ndjaro Colony 

 (Neum.), Kenia Colony (Granvik). 



2. Anthus I. zenheri Neum. 



Hab. Cameroon. 



3. Anthus I. bohndorffi Neum. 



Hab. Upper Congo. 



4. Anthus I. sordidus Riipp. 



Hab. North-east Africa: Erythraea, Schoa. 



5. Anthus I. saphiori Neum. 



Hab. Harar Mountains. 



6. Anthus I. gouldi Fras. 



Hab. Gambia to the Niger (Neumann). ~ Soudan (Sclater & 

 Mackworth-Praed). 



