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f 5 . Hind claw more curved ; mantle 

 more rufous and generally paler ; 

 very rarely with any angular pale 

 tip to the penultimate tail-feather ; 

 rather large, wing, 3-8 to 4-2 inches vaalensis. 

 d 4 . Mantle mottled, with dark centres 

 to the feathers ; penultimate tail- 

 feather generally with an angular 

 pale terminal patch not extending 

 down the feather in adults by more 

 than the breadth of the feather. 

 <7 5 . Bill shorter ; general colouring 



more rufous nicholsoni. 



/t 5 . Bill longer; general colouring of 



upper parts ashy sordidus. .? /t _ 



d 2 . Hind claw longer than the hind toe, also 

 a pure white pattern on the two outer 

 pairs of tail-feathers, and the shaft of 

 the outer one generally pure white. 

 e s . Flanks uniform ; no olive shade on the 

 upper parts. 

 e 4 . Throat uniform or only slightly 

 mottled with dark shaft- stripes ; 

 dark centres to the inner secondaries 

 narrower and lanceolate, .... campestris. 5 

 / 4 . Throat strongly mottled with dark 

 shaft-stripes ; dark centres to the 

 inner secondaries broader and less 



lanceolate rufulus. •? / r , 



/ 3 . Flanks strongly streaked ; an olive 

 shade on the upper parts. 

 g 4 . Bump and upper tail-coverts uni- 

 form ; no vinous rufous on the 



throat pratensis. 



h 4 . Bump and upper tail-coverts mottled 

 like the back ; often with the throat 



vinous rufous cervinns. 



b. Entire lower half of the thighs bare ; pale pattern 



of the tail bright yellow tensllus. ■?; 



Anthus chloris. 



Anthus chloris, Licht. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 539 (1885) Natal ; 

 Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 151 (1896) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. i. p. 243 

 (1900). 



