3. ANTHUS. 541 



small triaugular spots of blackish brown, widening on the fore neck; 

 breast and sides of the body longitudinally streaked with blackish 

 brown ; thighs dark brown ; under tail-coverts dull white, with 

 large centres of dark brown ; under wing-coverts olive-yellow with 

 brown bases ; bill blackish, the lower mandible yellowish, the tip 

 dusky ; feet yellowish ; iris dusky brown. Total length 7'-i inches, 

 culmen 0'65, wing 3-5, tail 2-9, tarsus 1"1. (Mus. Lisb.) 

 Hah. Transvaal, extending across to Angola. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Eusteuberg, E. Transvaal, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.l. 



July 29, 1878 {T. 

 Ay res). 



b. Ad. sk, Pinetown, Natal, June 10 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



( T. L. Ay res). 



3. Anthus crenatus *. 



Anthus lineiventrls {nee Sund.), Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 123 (1868). 

 Anthus chloris {nee Licht.), Layard, Ibis, 1869, "p. 368 ; Tristr. t. c. 



p. 437 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 73 (1871). 

 Anthus crenatus, Finsch '<^- Hartl. Voy. Osiafr. p. 275, note (1870) ; 



Sfiarjje, ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 643. 



Foot of Anthus crenatus. 



Hind daio short and strongly arched, shorter than hind toe. 

 Tarsus stout, much longer than hind toe and claw combined. 

 Primaries equal, 3, 4 ; the Jirst a little shorter than the second, the 

 third longest of any ; Jifth shorter than _/j7-s^ and a trifle longer than 

 inner secondaries. Feet reaching to about three quarters of the 

 length of the tail (in skin). Primaries emarginate, 2, 3, 4, 5, all 

 very distinct. 



Adult male. Entire upper surface uniform brown, with more or 



* I believe that this bird ought to bear the earlier name of A. icferintis, 

 Hartl. (Ibis, 1862, p. 147), but have not been able to satisfy myself entirely as 

 to the identity of the two species. Dr. Hartlaub informs me in a letter that the 

 name "A. Umonellus, Licht.," quoted by him, is a lapsus calami for "A. chloris^ ' 



