560 MOTACILLID^. 



Subsp. a. Anthus pallidiventris. 



Anthus gouldi {mm Fras.), Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 41 ; 



Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 1(J2 (pt.) ; Eeichen. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 46, 



1877, p. 30. 

 Anthus pyiThonotus, Sharpe &■ Bouv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1877, 



p. 477 (nee V.). 



Adult male in breeding-plumacie. General colour above nearly 

 uniform umber-brovrn, with obsolete remains of ashy margins to the 

 feathers ; wing-coverts like the back, with slightly broader edgings 

 of fulvous-brown ; quills dark brown, edged with ashy brown, 

 inclining to olivaceous brown near the base, the first long primary 

 externally whitish ; upper tail-coverts rather lighter brown than the 

 back : tail-feathers dark brown with ashy edges ; the two outer 

 feathers lighter than the others, the outermost one smoky brown, 

 obliquely darker brown from the base of the inner web, the outer 

 web whitish ; the penultimate feather lighter brown, whity brown 

 at tip and obliquely darker brown from the base of the inner web ; 

 lores and a distinct eyebrow, as well as a ring round the eye and 

 fore part of cheeks, dull whitish ; sides of face buffy whitish, with 

 terminal brown spots to many of the feathers ; throat bufiy' whitish, 

 ^\'ith a tolerably distinct moustachial line of brown ; rest of under 

 surface of body ashy fulvous, the bases of the feathers brighter buff, 

 the breast rather browner, with indistinct longitudinal spots of 

 slightly darker brown ; under wing-coverts darker than the breast, 

 fulvous-brown with clearer buff edgings ; quills brown below, 

 smoky buff along the inner web. Total length 6-7 inches, culmen 

 0-75, wing 3-6, tail 2-6, tarsus 1-15. 



Similar to A. ■pijrrlwnotus, but more ashy brown above, and 

 especially distinguished by its duU white breast, belly, and under tail- 

 coverts, the breast obscurelj' mottled with dusky spots. Total length 

 6-8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-8, tail 2-7, tarsus 1-35. 



Hah. West Africa, from Gaboon to the Congo. 



a. Ad. sk. Gaboon {Du CJiaillu). Sharpe Collection. 



h. Ad. sk. Eiver Danger, Gaboon. H. T. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Gaboon (8kertchley). Sharpe Collection. 



10. Anthus sordidus. 



Anthus sordidus, Rilpp. Neue Wirb., Aves, p. 103, pi. 39. fig. 1 

 (1835) : id. Syst. Uebers. p. 59 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 206 

 (1847); Bp. Consp. I p. 248 (1850) ; Seu^l. Syst. Uebers. p. 29 

 (1.S.56); Fimc/i, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 240 (1870); Scl. <$■ 

 Hartl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 167. 



Anthus similis, Jei-d. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 36 (1840, pt.) ; id. HI. Ind. 

 Orn. pi. 45 (1847) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 206 (1847). 



Agrodroma cinnamomea, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 237 (1863, nee Rilpp.). 



AoTodroma similis, Hiime, Nests and Eqgs Ind. B. p. 385 (1873) ; id. 

 Sir. F. 1873, p. 203; Fairb. Sir. F. 1876, p. 260; Butler, B. S. 

 Bomb. Pres. p. 56 (1880) ; Davison, Str. F. 1883, p. 397. 



