ANTHUS PYRRHONOTUS. 307 



The type of the species was procured by Mr. H. T. Ansell 

 at the Danger or Muni river, and for all I know it may 

 entirely replace its nearest ally, A. pyrrhonotus gouldi in 

 Gaboon and also on the Loango Coast, as I have not seen a 

 specimen of the latter from either of these countries, where 

 the present bird appears to be plentiful. 



Anthus pyrrhonotus. 



Anthus pyrrhonotus (VieilL), Sharps, Cat. B. M. x. p. 555 (1885) pt. 

 S. Afr. ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 160 (1896) ; id. Ibis, 1899, p. 367 

 Tanjaiujiha plateau,; Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 246; 1900, p. 238 

 Mashona. 



Alauda erythronotos, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 24 (1826). 



Subspecies a. 

 Anthus gouldi. 



Anthus gouldi, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 27 Cape Palmas ; Hartl. and 



Monteiro, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 110 Angola; Fisch. J. f. O. 1885, 



p. 137 Naiwasha; Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. 1887, p. 337; Beichen. 



J. f. O. 1891, p. 390 Togo ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 161 (1896). 

 Anthus pyrrhonotus (nee VieilL), Shelley, id. Ibis, 1883, p. 543 Niger; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 555 (1885) pt. W. Afr. ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. 



M. 1885, p. 174 ; 1886, p. 253 ; 1888, p. 75 ; 1889, p. 122 ; 1892, 



p. 23 Liberia; Beichen. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 308 Kasongo; Shelley, P. Z. S. 



1888, p. 27 Bedjaf; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 588 Kikuyu ; Beichen. 



J. f. 0. 1892, p. 51 Buhoba; id. Vog. Deutsch O. Afr. p. 198 (1894) ; 



Neum. J. f. 0. 1898, p. 233 ; Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 627 Kikuyu, 



Eavirondo, Ntebi, Semia, Nandi. 



Adult. Upper parts uniform brown with obsolete dark shaft-stripes to 

 the feathers of the crown and mantle ; feathers of the wings and tail with 

 pale rufous buff edges inclining to white on the first primary ; tail with no 

 sharply defined pale pattern, but the outer feather on each side gradually 

 fades into ashy buff on the outer web and terminal half, the penultimate 

 feather likewise fades into ashy buff at the end ; eyebrow and cheeks buff ; 

 ear-coverts brown ; under parts rufous buff with obscure dusky shaft-stripes 

 on the crop and front of the chest ; chin nearly white. Bill with the upper 



