1921.] the Kear East and Tropical East Africa. 659 



Anthus 1. leucophrys. 



Antlms leucophrys Vieillot, Nonv. Diet. xxvi. 1818, p. 502 : 

 " Cape of Good Hope." — The main points in the original 

 description are: — "An eye-stripe extending to the sides of 

 the head. Whole ui)per parts brownish grey, with small 

 blackish spots on the lieud." This clearly indicates the 

 pale bird and not the darker race of the goiddi-gvowp, 

 though the marked eye-stripe is more characteristic of 

 the latter group. 



Upper parts dark sepia (Iv. iii. 3), lower parts wood-brown 

 (R. iii. 19). Breast-spotting indistinct and smudgy. Wing 

 93-101, culmen 18, and hind claw 12*5 and 13 mm. 



Cape Province, southern Natal, Zululand, and the southern 

 districts of the Orange Free State. 



Anthus 1. vaalensis. 



Anthus vaalensis Shelley, Birds of Africa, ii. 1900, p. 311 : 

 Newcastle in northern Natal. 



Upper parts paler than in the preceding race and uniform 

 bistre (R. iii. 6). Under parts pale wood-brown (R. iii. 19). 

 Breast-spotting indistinct and smudgy. Larger wing and 

 smaller hind claw than in A. I. leucophrys. Wing 102-107, 

 culmen 17-18, and hind claw 9-11 mm. 



This Pipit inhabits northern Natal, Transvaal, Bechuana- 

 land, and the Orange Free State south to Bloemfontein. A 

 bird from Deelfontein (Cape Province) in the British Museum 

 appears to be also of this race. As the specimen has no 

 original label, I do not attach much importance to it. 



Anthus 1. neumanni. 



Anthus I. angolensis Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, p. 236 : 

 Ambaca in Angola. Name preoccupied by Anthus angolensis 

 Bocage, Journ. Sci. Lisboa^ viii. 1870, p. 341, which 

 from the description is obviously Anthus chloris of Lichten- 

 stein. 



Anthusl. neumanni Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. C. xli. 1920, 

 p. 23. (Type and description as for Anthus I. angolensis 

 Neumann, J. f . 0. 1906. No. 158 in the Tring Museum.) 



