ANTHUS CERVINUS. 325 



Anthus cervinus. 



Anthus cervinus (Pall.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 585 (1885) 5th Cataract 

 of Nile, Tigre; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 1888, pp. 265, 536 Shoa ; 

 Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 28, Bedjaf ; Hartl. Abhand. Brem. 1891, 

 p. 17 Bagamoyo, Tunguru ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 168 (1896) ; 

 Lorfc Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 402 Somali; Hinde, t. c. p. 579 

 Macliako's ; Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 628 Nandi ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 142 Abyssinia. 



Adult Male (summer). Like A. trivialis in the colouring of the wings 

 and tail, and the mantle similar but with the dark centres of the feathers 

 broader as in A. pratensis. It differs from them both in having large dark 

 centres to the rump feathers and upper tail-coverts ; sides of the head and 

 entire throat vinous red with the ear-coverts brown ; breast and under tail- 

 coverts buff; crop and sides of body with brownish black shaft-stripes, most 

 strongly marked on the flanks. Total length 6-2 inches, culrnen 0'45, wing 

 3-4, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-85, hind claw 0-5. <?, 26. 6. 76. 



Adult (winter). Differs from the summer plumage in the almost, or 

 entire, absence of red on the head and throat, and in this plumage closely 

 resembles A. pratensis, from which it may be most readily distinguished by 

 its having large dark centres to the feathers of the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts, which parts in A. pratensis are uniform. 



The Red-throated Pipit ranges northward from Bagamoyo 

 on the coast opposite Zanzibar, in about 6° 30' S. lat., through 

 Eastern and Central Africa to North Europe, and eastward 

 through China and Borneo into California. 



Dr. G. Hartlaub, in 1891, records a male and female of 

 this species collected by Emin on February 25 at Bagamoyo, 

 and also a specimen from Tunguru, on the western shores of 

 the Albert Nyanza, 2° N. lat. Emin has also procured a 

 specimen at Redjaf, 4° 44' 25" N. lat., 31° 42' E. long. This 

 specimen, as well as one from the 5th Cataract of the Nile 

 and another from Senafe in Tigre, are in the British Museum, 

 clearly showing that the Nile Valley forms one of its migration 

 routes. In British East Africa Mr. Jackson found the species 



