542 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
smaller size, and by the patch of yellow in the centre of the breast. 
The under surface is nearly uniform with a few indistinct centres of 
light brown to some of the feathers. From A. crenatus it is easily 
distinguished by its smaller size and Lark-like appearance, the upper 
surface being strongly mottled with dark centres to the feathers, 
thus presenting a great contrast to the uniform back of A. crenatus; 
the thin, straight hind claw which is as long as the hind toe itself 
is a further difference. 
The species was originally described by Lichtenstein from 
“ Kaffraria,” and a single specimen from Natal collected by Dr. 
Gueinzius is in the British Museum: it measures as follows :—Total 
length, 6°5-inches ; culmen, 0°6 ; wing, 3°25; tail, 2°6; tarsus, 0:95; 
hind toe, 0°45; its claw, 0°45. Another specimen was shot near 
Grahamstown by J. B. Glanville, and is preserved in the Albany 
Museum. We think that there can be no doubt that the bird 
recently described from Natal as Anthus butleri is the same as A. 
chloris, and therefore the following note from the paper on the Birds 
of Natal, by Majors Butler and Feilden and Capt. Reid, refers to the 
present species :—“ Feilden shot the first specimen on the 6th June, 
and Reid met with it at the Ingagane River in July, and obtained 
three specimens. Butler afterwards obtained a fine male, nearly in 
full plumage, on November 9th, at Newcastle, where it was by no 
means common. Those obtained at the Ingagane were very local, 
and only to be found on one particular open flat near the main 
‘drift... In their movements and flight they much resembled 
Wagtails.” Captain Butler adds the following notes referring to 
his type specimen :—“ Legs and feet brownish flesh ; bill horny- 
brown above, lavender below: iris dark brown.” He also says 
that it is a bird of skulking habits, seeking concealment in the grass 
much more than the other Pipits, especially when pursued, lying 
close, and being consequently often difficult to flush a second time. 
Mr. F. ‘Nicholson has received specimens from Mr. Lucas, shot in 
the Rustenburg district, in the Eastern Transvaal. 
Adult female.—General colour above dark brown, all the feathers 
with edgings of sandy-buff, giving a Lark-like appearance to the 
upper surface; hind neck slightly ashy; head with longitudinal 
centres of dark brown; scapulars like the back with a slight wash 
of yellow; least and median wing-coverts dark brown with broad 
margins of pale olive-yellow, the greater series margined with sandy 
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