614. Messrs. Sclater and Mack worth- Praed on [Ibis, 



Anthus trivialis trivialis. 



Anthus trivialis (Linn.) ; Shelley, B. A. ii. p. 299 ; Butler, 

 Ibis, 1905, p. 306, 1908, p. 314, 1909, p. 7Q. 



[B. coll.] 4 Khartoum Oct. ; 1 Raffali Feb., 1 Kojali 



Mch. B.G. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 2 Erkowit Mch. Apl. R.S. 

 [Chr. coll.] 2 Yei Nov. L.E. ; 1 Mt. Baginzi Mch. B.G. 



Anthus leucophrys gouldi. 



Anthus gouldi Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 27 : Cape Palmas, 

 W.Africa; Shelley, B. A. ii. p. 307; Butler, Ibis, 1909, 

 p. 7Q. 



[B. coll.] I Kojali Feb, B.G. ; 6 Mougalla May, July- 

 Sept. Mon. 



We have carefully examined the very large series of this 

 species in the British Museum, and we have come to the 

 conclusion that the list of races given by Zedlitz (J. f. O. 

 191 1, p. 48) is correct, though we have not had the oppor- 

 tunity of examining examples from Cameroon. We think, 

 however, that A. vaalensis is best treated as a separate 

 species, as we have examples from Cape Colony and Natal, 

 in the range of A I. leucophrys. The Sudan birds are 

 apparently indistinguishable from West African examples. 

 They are certainly much nearer them than they are to 

 A. I. omoensis or A. I. bohndorffi. 



We are satisfied that the name Anthus pyrrhonotus of 

 Vieillot, founded on a plate of Levaillant's, cannot stand 

 for this species. The plate represents more likely a species 

 of Mii'afra, and Levaillant^s assertion that it was the 

 " enkelde leeuwerk " of the colonists is without doubt an 

 error. 



Anthus sordidus, near hararensis. 



Anthus nicholsoni hararensis Neum. J. f. O. 1906, p. 233 : 

 Abu Behr near Harar. 



Anthus sordidus apud Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 214. 



[B. coll.] 1 Erko'wit Mch. R.S. 



[C. & L. coll.] 5 Erkowit Mch. Apl. R.S. 



