— 203 — 



Whether the shorter bill can be considered as a constant 

 character for wintoni, I have not been in a position to decide 

 as material was lacking. But as all my 5 specimens have the 

 wing-measurement given for wintoni, 1 have retained the race. 



Irides dark -brown; upper mandible dark greyish brown, 

 lower mandible brownish yellow; legs brownish yellow. 



Alaudidae. 



Mirafra africana iropicalis Hart. — Rchw. III. p. 344. 

 1 (5 ad. 14. 5. Soy. - 1 (5 ad. 10. 8. Eldoret. 



I procured these two specimens, which agree with Hartert's 

 description (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. XIX, 1907, p. 93), from 

 the Uashin-Gishu plateau, north-east of Victoria Nyanza. They 

 differ also from the following form in the lower surface being 

 more reddish brown, this being more sand-coloured in the latter. 

 Wing 99, 99 mm.; tarsus 31 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill and legs yellowish brown. 



Mirafra africana athi Hartert. — Rchw. III. p. 345. 

 1 <5 ad. 13. 4. Nairobi. — 1 ^ ad. 17. 4. Kiambu. 



As Lonnberg has already remarked (in Birds coll. Sw. 

 Zool. Exp., B. E. A. 1911, p. 113) this Lark is common in the 

 Nairobi districts. Both specimen are in rather worn dresses. 



Wing 99, 100 mm.; tarsus 32, 33 mm. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



Fyrrhulauda leucopareia (Fschr, & Rchw.). — Rchw. III. p. 369. 



Njawanga . . . ki-kavirondo. — Kaloe . . . ki-kamba. 



2 (5(5 ad. 23. 8.; 1 (5 juv. 23. 8.; 1 Q ad. 22. 8. Kendu. 



Occurred rather commonly on the open grass-plains and in 

 the parched and barren areas, where only a few solitary small 

 bushes grew among the short grass. Appeared for the most in 

 small flocks of 5 — 6 in number or in pairs and often seen to- 

 gether with Saxicola livingstoni. When they pitched on the 

 ground in the parched or burnt grass they were very difficult 

 to detect. 



Two of the specimens are moulting, the others have recently 

 assumed the new dress. 



