Birds from Southern Abyssinia. 587 



a male, the wing measuremeuts are 84 mm. and 92 mm. 

 respectively. 



Type in the British Museum : adult. Kikuyu, 5500 ft., 

 8. viii. 04. Presented by Sir Frederick J. Jackson. 



89. Galerida pr^termissa. 



Galeritu pratermissa (Blanf.); Shelley, iii. p. 112 (1902). 



Galerida theclcs praiter})iissa Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, p. 238. 



The Dark-crested Lark was obtained in the neighbour- 

 hood of Addis Abbal)a between September and November. 

 Two quite young birds were met with on tlie 1st and 3rd of 

 November; they have the feathers bordering the crown, as 

 well as the back, and wing-coverts blackish margined with 

 light rufous and with a buff spot at the extremity. Tlie 

 wing varies in males from 99 to 102 mm. ; and in females 

 from 95 to 97 mm. 



Family Motacillid.e. 



90. Anthus trivialis. 



Anthus trivialis (Linn.); Shelley, ii. p. 299 (1900) ; 

 Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, p. 230. 



Examples of the Tree- Pipit were collected at Holata and 

 Addis Alam in November, at Arussi in February, and at 

 Baroda in September. 



91. Anthus leucophrys sordidus. 



Anthus leucophrys sordidus Riipp. ; Neumann, J. f. O. 

 1906, p. 234. 



Anthus leucophrys otno'ensis Neumann, t. c. p. 234. 



The series of specimens collected by Zaphiro in the 

 neighbourhood of Addis Abbaba, Didessa, Kaffa, Gofa, Uba, 

 Konso, Lake Abbaya, Walamo, Kambata and Arussi clearly 

 all belong to one form and are no doubt referable to typical 

 A. sordidus Riipp. Professor Neumann has recognised 

 a number of subspecies and has separated the birds from 

 the Omo River district as Anthus leucophrys omo'ensis, while 

 those from Harar district have been distinguished by him as 

 A. I. saphiroi. This latter appears to be a fairly recognisable 

 paler race, but I must confess my inability to distijiguish 



