1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 573 



not descending so far down on the centre of the chest ; no black 

 ends to any of the wing-coverts ; primary-coverts more narrowly 

 tipped with black. 



Spec. e. Similar to spec, d, with the white feathers of the throat 

 ending at the base of the crop ; only the basal half of the primary- 

 coverts white, the greater coverts broadly tipped with black. 



51. MOTACILLA VIDUA. 



MotaciUa vidua, Sund., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 263 ; 

 Fischer J. f. O. 1879, p. 294 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. 

 p. 355. 



Ugogo. 



This species was first collected in the Zanzibar province by Dr. 

 Fischer, at Muniuni. It ranges from the First Cataract of the Nile 

 throughout East and South Africa, and thence on the west coast 

 as far north as Lagos. 



52. MOTACILLA FLAVA. 



MotaciUa flava, Linn,, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 268; 

 Fischer & Eeichenow J. f. O. 1878, p. 268; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, 

 pp. 294, 303, 



Pangani. 



This species ranges over the whole of Africa. 



53. Anthus raalteni. 



Anthus raalteni, Temm., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 274 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 207 ; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 356 ; Cab. 

 J.f. 0. 1878, p. 220 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 268 ; Fischer, 

 torn. cit. p. 279 ; id. J. f. O. 18/9, pp. 294, 297, 299, 303 ; Fischer 

 & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 355. 



Pangani. 



54. Anthus pyrrhonotus, Vieill. 



MeHnda. 



New to East Africa. 



This species ranges throughout South Africa, and extends north- 

 ward on the east coast to Meliuda. 



55. Macronyx croceus. 



Macronyx croceus (Vieill.), Finscli & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr., 

 p. 276 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 220 ; Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. 

 p. 267 ; Fischer, tom. cit. p. 279 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 294, 30'6 ; 

 Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 355; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 125. 



Macronyx striolatus, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1S78, p. 356. 



Usambara hills ; Dar-es-Salaam, 



On the east coast it ranges from the White-Nile district to Natal, 

 and on the west coast from Senegal to Angola. The exact distri- 

 bution in South Africa appears to me to be as yet a little uncertain ; 

 for, although common in the eastern districts in suitable localities, 



