G4 Mr. L. E. Taylor on /he 



*134. Certhilauda albofasciata, (Rufous Long-billed 

 Lark.) 



(a) cT. 29.12.03. 



The Rufous Long-billed Lark is very common here in 

 open veld. 



In this species, as in the last, there is a great variation 

 both in size and colour between those obtained here and at 

 Hanover, CCJ. 



135. Maceonyx CAPENSis. (Orange-throated Long-claw.) 



(a) ?. 29.12.03. 



Not plentiful just here, but very common in neighbourhood. 



141. Anthus trivialis. (Tree Pipit.) 



(a) ^ . 12.12.03. Iris dark brown. Bill : up})er mandible 

 dark brown, lower mandible light brown. Legs light brown. 



(b) c? (?). 18.1.04. 



(c) ? . 18.1.04. 



The Tree Pipit is a very rare migrant here. The first one 

 I shot from a pair which rose from the ground and settled 

 on a willow tree. My attention was attracted to them by 

 their note, which is unlike that of any other Pipit. The last 

 two I shot within 50 yards of where I had shot the first one 

 six weeks previously. 



The only reported occurrences of this Pipit south of the 

 Zambesi are by Wahlberg, on the Limpopo between 25° and 

 26° S. lat., and by Jameson, on the Tatin River in 1880. 



143. Anthus nicholsoni. (Nicholson's Pipit.) 

 [a) $. 29.12.03. 



This is the commonest of the Pipits here. It is resident 

 and frequents open stony veld where the grass is short. 



143 a. Anthus vaalensis. (Vaal River Pipit.) 



(a) S. 18.4.04. 



Mr. W. L. Sclater has compared this specimen with others 

 in the South African Museum and considers that it is 

 referable to Cajjt. Shelley's new species ^^1. vaalen.us (' Birds 

 of Africa/ vol. ii. p. 311). 



