from Suiita/i/and and Southern Abyssinia. l-ll 



The three examples obtained are apparently referable to 

 A. gouldi Fraser, which Dr. Sharpe regards as a small West- 

 African form of A. pyrrhonotus. The upper parts of these 

 birds, which are in somewhat worn plumage, are very dark 

 brown, with faint traces of light edgings to the feathers ; the 

 underparts are deep tawny buff, darkest on the under tail- 

 coverts. The wing in specimen a measures 3*8, and in b 

 4*0 inches, these measurements being unusually large. 



[This Pipit seemed fond of the high grass-country, and 

 was often observed to perch in trees. — L.] 



72. Anthus sordidus. 



Anthus sordidus Riipp. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 560 (1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 264 

 (1888) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 402 [N. Somaliland] ; 

 Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 66. 



a. ^. Staboolo, Somaliland, 21 December, 1898. 

 (No. 19.) 



b. (^ . Feyambiro, Abyssinia, 26 December, 1898. 

 (No. 36.) 



' c. (^ . Hirna, Abyssinia, 9 January, 1899. (No. 141.) 



d. ? . Gadaburka, Abyssinia, 21 January, 1899. 

 (No. 248.) 



Iris brown; bill dark brown; legs light brown. 

 Specimens b, c, d are undoubtedly referable to A. sordidus 

 Riipp. Specimen a also apparently belongs to this species, 

 but the feathers of the interscapular region and back are 

 nearly uniform in colour and closely approach those of 

 A. pyj'rhonotus . Our knowledge of this group of Pipits is at 

 present somewhat unsatisfactory, and when more material is 

 available a thorough revision of the local races should prove 

 interesting. 



73. Anthus rufulus. 



Anthus rufulus Vieill. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 574 (1885). 



Anthus cinnainomeus Salvad. Ann. JNIus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 

 p. 264 (1888). 



