588 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



between the birds from the Omo River and typical A. sor^ 

 didus, all having the upperparts equally dark, though 

 specimens in worn plumage are of course always much 

 darker than freshly moulted examples, which still retain the 

 greyish-brown edges to the feathers of the back. 



As has already been pointed out by Dr. Reichenow [Vog. 

 Afr. iii. p. 328 (1905)] Anfhus leucophrys (Vieill.) [N. 

 Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 502 (1818)] must be used for 

 the Cape Plain-backed Pipit instead of Alauda pyrrhonotha 

 Vieill. [N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. i. p. 361 (1816)], the name 

 used by Sharpe [Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 555 (1885)]. The 

 latter name, Alauda pyrrhonotha, was founded on ' PAlouette 

 a dos roux' [Levaill., Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 134, pi. 197 

 (1805)]. Both the figure and description of the latter 

 unquestionably refer to the Lark at present known as 

 Heterocorys hrev'iunguis Sundev., cf. Sharpe, Shelley, and 

 other authors. This matter was evidently investigated years 

 ago by G. R. Gray, who in Hand-1. ii. p. 123 (1870) correctly 

 placed A. pyrrhonotha as a species of Lark in the genus 

 Megalophonus, and the two specimens catalogued by Sharpe 

 under H. breviunyuis " a, h. ad. sk. Interior of Cape Colony. 

 Sir A. Smithi [C] " had previously been named ^'■Alauda 

 pyrrhonotha^^ by G. R. Gray, when they formed part of 

 the mounted collection at the British Museum. 



92. Anthus campestris. 



Anthus campestris (Linn.); Shelley, ii. p. 317 (1900); 

 Reich, iii. p. 319 (1904). 



Two examples of the Tawny Pipit were shot at Addis 

 Abbaba on the 18th of October. 



93. Anthus rufulus cinnamomeus. 



Anthus rufulus Vieill. ; Shelley, ii. p. 319 (1900). 



Anthus rufulus cinnamomeus Riipp. ; Reich, iii. p. 313 

 (1904) ; Neumann, J. f. O. 1906, p. 231. 



Anthus cinnamomeus Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 587. 



The Rufous Pipit was met with near Addis Abbaba, at 

 Lake Zwai, Kambata, Lake Abbaya, Kullo and Jimma. 

 Specimens in moult were obtained in May and September. 



