200 — 



My specimens should belong to one of the three last-men- 

 tioned forms. All of them (except the Elgon specimen) were 

 shot within a little, limited area and should therefore do doubt 

 belong to the same form. The table below, however, shows the 

 great variations in the measurements: 



5. Eldoret (light, worn dress). 

 5. Eldoret (in moult). 

 7. Soy (in moult). 

 7. Soy (in fresh plumage). 

 7. 8. Eldoiet (in moult). 

 9 24. 7. Eigon (in moult). 



7. Soy (in moult). 



8. Eldoret (in moult) light oc- 

 cipital band. 



89 mm. 14 mm. 28 mm. 9 7. 8. Eldoret (in moult). 



All of them have light-brown chin and throat, under parts 

 are light brownish yellow. Upperparts are olive-brown and some 

 of them have the light occipital band characterised by N e u - 

 mann for angolensis, others are devoid of it. One specimen has 

 the light parts on Ihe outer tail-feathers greyish white (leucophrys, 

 Neumann) others have these patches light brown {angolensis, 

 Neumann). 



Judging from the measurements of the wing some of them 

 might be referred to gouldi, which has 91 — 96 mm., others to 

 leucophfijs with 96—102 mm. But those agreeing with gouldi as 

 regards length of wing, have a longer bill. 



I agree with Neumann that angolensis and leucophrys 

 are undoubtedly synonyms, and as Neumann has given the 

 range of the former to the Massai countries of German East 

 Africa, I believe that the form occurring i Kenia Colony is the 

 same. 



The characteristics of Anthus I. leucophrys will thus be: 

 Upper parts olive-brown, sometimes a little lightev on the nape. 

 Chin faint brownish-white, the black spots on the fore-neck not 

 so pronounced. The uuderparts light brown, more deeply coloured 

 along the flanks. The lighter parts of the outer tail-feathers 

 greyish-white — light-brown. 



Wing 89—102 mm.; culmen 13 — 15 mm. 



Irides, bill and legs in the preceding. 



Macronyx croceus (Vieill.). — Rchw. III. p. 321. 



Mothongoto . . . ki-kamba. 

 1 6 ad. 10. 4. Nairobi. — 1 (5 ad. 11. 4. Ngong. - 1 (J ad. 22. 4. Lake 

 Naiwasha. — 1 (5 ad. 12. 5. Eldoret. — 2 (5(5 ad. 14. 5., 16. 5. Soy. — 6 (5(5 

 ad. 18. 5.-27. 7. Mount Elgon. — 1 ^ ad. 19. 8. Kisumu. - 1 Q ad. 10. 4. 

 Nairobi. — 2 eg ad. 10. 5., 12. 5. Eldoret. — 2 QQ ad. 23. 5., 22. 6. Mount 

 Elgon. - 3 <S<S juv. 23. 5., 16. 7., 25. 7.; 1 Q juv. 3. 9. Mount Elgon. 



