304 ANTHUS LATISTRIATUS. 



wing-coverts white shading into buff towards the edges of the wing, quills 

 with broad buff inner edges ; tail blackish brown with paler edges to the 

 feathers, and the pale portion which is buff is confined to the outer end half 

 of the outermost feather, and is separated from the dark portion by a line 

 drawn from the base of the outer web of the feather to near the end of the 

 inner web ; under surface buff, inclining to white on the upper throat and 

 centre of abdomen, the sides and base of throat, chest and flanks washed 

 with yellowish buff and with broadish black shaft-stripes. " Iris brown ; 

 upper mandible dark brown, lower mandible and legs flesh colour." Total 

 length 44 inches, culmen 04, wing 2-6, tail 1-7, tarsus 065. Pinetown, 

 3,1. 9. 75 (T. L. Ayres). 



Adult Female. Exactly like the male in plumage. Wing 2-4, tail 1*6. 

 Umlas, 2, 22. 1. 40 (Wahlberg). 



The Dusky Little Pipit inhabits Natal and Zululand. 

 There are now eight specimens in the British Museum from 

 Natal ; one is labelled " Umlas R. 2. 1, 1840, Wahlberg," the 

 others are elated February and September, and I think we 

 may safely call it a resident, although Mr. T. Ayres writes 

 from Natal : " This species is only plentiful during the summer 

 months ; it is quite a terrestrial bird, never, to my know- 

 ledge, alighting on any twig or stem of grass, but always on 

 the ground. The birds generally rise from the grass close to 

 one's feet ; and it is no easy matter to shoot them, as their 

 flight is both strong and very eccentric. They build their 

 nests (I am tolerably certain) similar to the Lark's on the 

 ground, with a few dry leaves of grass ; they are generally 

 either single or in pairs." 



In Zululand Messrs. R. B. and J. D. S. Woodward pro- 

 cured three specimens at Eschowe. 



Anthus latistriatus. 



Anthus latistriatus, Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 628 Kavirondo. 



? Anthus pyrrhonotus (nee Vieill.), Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 140 Mendi. 



Type. Upper parts blackish brown with brownish buff edges to the 

 feathers ; these edges are slightly narrower and paler on the wings and tail ; 

 lores blackish ; ear-coverts mostly "brown ; eyebrows, cheeks and throat 



