650 Ool. R. Meinortzhiiocn on Birds fr<mi [Ibis, 



the rmnp, the breast-spotting being less distinct and the 

 whole under jmrts generally paler. Wing of males 91- 

 98 mm., culmen 19-20. 



So far only known from the mountains of Ai'r in the 

 central Sahara. 



Anthus s. sordidus. 



Anthus sordidus Riippell, Wirbelthiere von Abyss. 1835, 

 p. 103, pi. 39. fig. 1 : Simon Province, Abyssinia. 



Sinien, Seniyen, or Samcn Province is in northern Abyssinia 

 between Lake Tsana and Massowah. 



24 examined from Shoa in the ceniral highlands of 

 Abyssinia, some 200 miles south of the typical locality. 



Much darker and more uniform above, and much redder 

 below tlian hararensis. Wing 97-102, culmen 17-18. 



Inhabits the hills of central and northern Abyssinia. 



Anthus sordidus subsp. ? 



Sclaterand Praed (Ibis, 1918, p. 615) thought that birds 

 from Erkovvit (behind Suakim on the Red Sea coast) did not 

 agree with any race, though nearest to hararensis, but they 

 were less plainly striped on the back. The specimen on 

 which Schiter and Praed made the above remarks was 

 obtained in March, Though undoubtedly belonging to the 

 sordid us- group, it is unlike any race either at Tring or in 

 the British Museum. The plumage, however, strikes me as 

 being juvenile, though the time of year when it was shot 

 rather points to this not being the case. 



Anthus s. longirostris. '^ ■"'' "sS" 



^r-,AntlLUS nicholsoni longirostris Neumann, J. f. 0. 19-06-, 

 pi 3^: Gardulla, west of Gandjule Lake (which is the same 

 as Lake Abaya in southern Abyssinia, 150 miles N.E. of the 

 northern end of Lake Rudolf). 



26 examined, including the type. 

 . Nearest to sordidus and much darker tlian liararensis or 

 arahicns. Not, quite so dark as sordidns and apparently less 

 uniform on the back. Under parts not so fulvous as in 



