660 Col. R. Meinertzbagen on Birds from [Ibis, 



Upper parts slightly paler than ^1. I. leucoplirys, but not 

 so pale as is vaalensis. Lower parts sligbtlj whiter and 

 breast-spotting more distinct than in vaalensis or A. I. leu- 

 coplirys. Smaller than vaalensis. Wing o£ 16 males 98-105, 

 and of 10 females 90-98 mm. Culmen 15-18 and hind 

 claw 9-11 mm. 



Inhabits Angola. Does not occur in Masailand or tropical 

 eastern Africa (as stated by Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906), where 

 it is replaced by Anthus I. goodsoni. 



Anthus 1. goodsoni. 



Anthus I. goodsoni Meinertzhagen, Bull. B, 0. C. xli. 1920, 

 p. 23 : Nakuru, Kenya Colony. Type in the Tring Museum. 



Upper parts as in A. I. leucoplirys and slightly darker than 

 in neumanni, though a bird from Nyeri just to the west of 

 Mount Kenya is as pale as neumanni. Under parts paler 

 than in A. I. I eucophrys and as in nermiamii. Breast-spotting 

 even more distinct than in neumanni and much more pro- 

 nounced than in A. I. leucoplirys. Wing and culmen as in 

 ^4. I. leucophrys and neumanni, but the hind claw generally 

 longer than neumanni. Wing of males 95-102, and of females 

 90-97 mm. (julmen 15-18 and hind claw 10-13 mm. 



Inhabits Masailand, Nakuru, Nairobi, Naivasha, and north 

 to the base of Mount Kenya. Also found in Uganda at 

 Bukoba on the western shores of the Victoria Nyanza, 

 and apparently near Lake Kivu. 



Anthus 1. saphiroi. 



Anthus I. sapJdroi Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, p. 235: Belassiri, 

 near Harar in Abyssinia. Type in the Tring Museum. 



This is the darkest form of the leucophrys-gvoup except 

 zenkeri, and stands very near Anthus s. sordidus, from which 

 it differs in its plainer back and slightly paler upper and 

 lower parts. 



Darker than in A. I. leucophrys on the upper parts. Under 

 parts pale cinnamon (R. iii. 20). Breast-spotting more 

 distinct than in A. I. leucophrys. Wing of males 95-102, 

 and of two females 91-93 mm. Culmen 15-18 and hind 

 claw 9-12 mm. 



