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a. (J . Jig -Tegga^ Abyssinia, 23 December, 1898. 

 (No. 20.) 



b. (^ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 Jannary, 1899. 

 (No. 67.) 



c. (J . Jifadensa, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. (No. 255.) 



d. ? . Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 261.) 



e. ? . Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 264.) 

 /. c?. Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 271.) 

 ff. Ad. Kuntaba, Abyssinia, 7 February, 1899. (No. 301.) 

 Iris light l)rown ; bill dark ; legs light. 



[Widely distributed. — L.] 



74. Anthus cervinus. 



Anthus cervinus (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, x. 

 p. 585 (1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 265 

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



a. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 71.) 



b. S- Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 144.) 



c. S • Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 272.) 



d. S • Damai Damash, Abyssinia, 23 February, 1899. 

 (No. 369.) 



e. S • Jaka, Abyssinia, 27 February, 1899. (No. 375.) 

 a and e. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs light. 



b, c, and d. Iris brown; bill dark; legs brown. 



Specimen b is still in winter plumage, with the throat 

 white, the rufous just beginning to make its appearance; in 

 all the other examples the rufous is more or less developed, 

 while in specimen c it is of a distinctly vinaceous tint. 



To. Macronyx tlavicollis. 



Macronya^ flavicollis B,up^. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 625 (1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 265 

 1^1888). 



a. c? . Jifadensa, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. (No, 257.) 



b. ? . Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 263.) 

 Iris bi'own ; bill dark ; legs light. 



[A bird of the high plateaux, often observed to perch on 

 trees. The black on the throat appeared to be more pro- 



