from the Niger Region. 543 



a. ^ , Shonga : iris brown ; bill and feet blackish, b, 

 Shonga, December, c, Shonga. 



None of these specimens are in quite full plumage ; but 

 they all have the white eyebrow of the typical race. 



23. AnTHUS TRIVIALIS. 



Alauda trivialis, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 288. 



Anthus ti'ivialis, Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 309, pi. 132. fig. 1. 



a, Shonga, November : iris olive-brown ; upper mandible 

 horn-colour, lower mandible flesh-colour; feet pale flesh- 

 colour. 



24. Anthus pyrrhonotus. 



Alauda pyrrhonota, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. i. 1816, p. 361. 

 Anthus gouldi, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr, p. 73. 

 a. ^ breeding, Shonga : iris brown ; bill yellow ; upper 

 mandible horn-colour ; legs light red. 



25. Macronyx croceus. 



Alauda crocea, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. i. 1816, p. 365. 

 Macronyx croceus, Hartl, Orn. W.Afr. p. 73. 

 a. ^ , b. $ , Shonga ; iris brown ; upper mandible dark 

 horn-colour, lower mandible bluish grey ; legs ochreous. 



26. Criniger barbatus. 



Trichophorus barbatus, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 88 (1824) ; 

 Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 82. 



Criniger barbatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 82. 

 a. ^ , b. $ , Shonga : iris ochraceous. 



27. Xenocichla scandens. 



Phyllastrephus scandens. Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 270, 

 pi. 30; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 89. 



Xenocichla scandens, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 102. 



a. ^ , Shonga : iris brown ; bill and feet bluish grey ; 

 upper mandible darker ; claws flesh-colour. 



This is the most southern limit of this species ; formerly it 

 was only known to range from Senegambia to the Gold Coast. 



28. Andropadus virens. 



Andropadas virens, Cass. Pr. Phil. Acad. 1857, p. 34; 



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