ANTHUS RUFULUS. 319 



Anthus rufulus. 



Anthus rufulus, Vieill. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 574 (1885) Damara, 

 Cape Col., Natal, Transvaal, Zambesi, Zanzibar ; Sousa, Jorn. Lisb. 

 1886, p. 3 Ibo Is. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 301 Manda Is. ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1891, p. 589 Masai; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1893, p. 11 Humbe, 

 Caconda; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 27; 1894, p. 23; 1896, p. 238 

 Nyasa ; id. B. Afr. No. 165 (1896) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1896, p. 81 

 Somali; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 515 Zulu; Shelley, t. c. p. 527; 

 1898, pp. 379, 553 Nyasa ; Hinde, t. e. p. 579 Machako's ; Alexander, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 563 Zambesi; Jackson, t. c. p. 629 Ntebi, Bavine, 

 Mau, Nandi ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. i. p. 251 (1900) ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1900, p. 141 Abyssinia. 



Anthus cinnamomeus, Bupp. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 1888, p. 

 264 Shoa ; Beichen. Vog. Deutsch O. Afr. p. 198 (1894) Pangani, 

 Ungu, Bufu B., Kakoma, Lindi, Igonda, Taboro, Ugalla, Bukoba; 

 Neum. J. f. O. 1898, p. 232 Gurui Mt. 



Anthus caffer, Sundev. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 1884, p. 168 Shoa. 



Anthus raalteni, Bp. ; Bohm, J. f. 0. 1883, p. 206 Zanzibar ; Sehal. t. c. 

 p. 367 Kakoma ; Fisch. Zeitschr. 1884, p. 307 ; 1885, p. 137 Lindi to 

 Barawa; Beichen. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 73 Ungu ; 1889, p. 284 Bufu B.; 

 1891, p. 160 Tabora; 1892, p. 51 Bukoba, Bale; Fleck, J. f. O. 

 1894, p. 411 Bastardland; Kuschel, J. f. 0. 1895, p. 343 {egg). 



Anthus bocagii, Nicholson ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 579 (1885) 

 Angola, Damara; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1888, p. 241 Mos- 

 samedes ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 166 (1896) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr 

 I. p. 252 (1900). 



Anthus canipestris (necBechst.), Sperling, Ibis, 1868, p. 290 Mosambique ; 

 Sousa, Jorn. Lisb. 1886, p. 165 Benguela. 



Anthus pyrrhonotus (nee Vieill.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 125 

 Camaroons. 



Anthus gouldi (nee Fraser), Beichen. J. f. 0. 1890, p. 124 Camaroons. 



Adult Male. Upper parts buffy brown with dark centres to the feathers 

 of the crown, mantle, and upper tail-coverts ; wings blackish brown with 

 their outer edges rufous buff inclining to white on the first primary ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts rufous buff; tail blackish brown with 

 narrow pale edges to the feathers and a strongly marked white pattern, 

 extending over the outer feather generally, with the exception of a dusky 

 wedge-shaped patch on the basal two-thirds of the inner web, penultimate 

 feather also mostly white but with the shaft and a larger wedge-shaped patch 

 black ; sides of head and neck brown mottled with buff and with a broad 



