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Intermediate on the back between captus and arabicus, 

 being paler above and whiter below than in the latter I'orni. 

 Wing smaller and culnien larger than in arabicus. Wing 

 83-90, cnlmen 20-21. 



Anthus s. hararensis. 



Anthiis nirholsoni liararensis Neumann, J. £. 0. 190G, 

 p. 233 : Abu Bekr^ near Harar, Abyssinia. 



42 examined, including the type. 



Scarcely separable from arabicus. 



Upper parts not so dark and under parts .not so heavily 

 sjiotted and more rufescent than in arabicus^ to which it 

 seems nearest. I am unal)le to separate birds from northern 

 Somaliland from Harar birds, though some are imperceptibly 

 paler. Wing 93-98, cnlmen 17-5-19, 21. 



Harar in Abyssinia to the hills of northern Somaliland. 



Anthus s. jebelmarrae. 



Anthus s. jebelmar7'a'ljjues, Bull. B. 0. (*. xli. 1920, p. IG : 

 Jebel Marra, Darfur. 



3 examined, including the type. 



Nearest to hararensis, but differs in almost entirely lacking 

 the breast-s[)otting, and the whole plumage is suffused with 

 bright tawny olive. Tail very dark, almost black (instead 

 of brown), and the pale spot on the penultimate tail-feather 

 is reduced to a tiny mark at its extreme tip. W^ing 90-95, 

 cnlmen 19. 



So far only known from the Darfur Hills in western 

 Sudan. 



Anthus s. asbenaicus. 



Anthus s. asbenaicus Jlothsohild, Bulk B.O. (J. xli, 1920, 

 p. 33 : Asben (Air), central Sahara. 



10 examined, including the type. 



Very near jebelmarra', but is slightly paler above and 

 much paler below and with a more distinct breast-spotting. 

 Penultimate tail-feather with more brown at its tip tlinn in 

 jebelmarra;. More rufescent than hararensis, especially on 



