1921.] the A^ear East and Tropical tJast Africa. 66^ 



Anthus gouldi gouldi. 



Anthus gouldi Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, 

 p. 27 : Cape Palraas on the extreme south-cast of the 

 Liberian coast. 



Upper parts as in turneri. Under parts slightly paler. 

 Generally a smaller bird. Wing 87-93^ culmen 15-17, 

 hind claw 10-12 mm. 



Inhabits Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia. 



Anthus gouldi prunus. 



Anthus g. jjrimus Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. C. xli. 1920, 

 p. 24: Benguella, Angola. Type in the Tring Museum. 



Ui)per parts very similar to those of the rest of the group, 

 but with frequently a maroon or almost plum-coloured tinge 

 on the rich uniform hair-brown (R.iii.l2). Under parts 

 varying from pale wood-brown (K. iii. 19) to whitish. Breast 

 spotting indistinct in adults but clearly marked in immature 

 birds. AVell-developed eye-stripe extending back to the sides 

 of the head. 



The upper parts of immature birds are slightly tinged with 

 yellow, paler and inclined to be blotched. 



Wing of males 93-102, and of females 90-101 mm. 

 Culmen 15-17 and hind claw 10-15 mm. 



Inhabits Angola. 



Anthus gouldi bohndorffi. 



Anthus leucojtlin/s holuidorffi, Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, p. 236: 

 Ivassongo on the Upper Congo. Type in the Berlin Museum. 



None examined, but from the description probably belongs 

 to this group. 



Upper parts as dark or darker than omoensls. Under parts, 

 except for the white chin, very dark. The centre of the 

 under parts paler — dirty white — and the flanks dark earthy 

 brown Its chief character in relation to omoensls is in the 

 centre of the under parts being differently coloured to the 

 flanks. 



Described from one specimen. Wing 96, culmen 14 mm. 



