W. E. OG-ILVIE-GEANT— AVES. 313 



Entebbe and Ruwenzori and occasionally met with on the mountains up to an elevation 

 of 6500 feet.— i?. £. W.] 



Anthus ptkrhonotus (YieilL). 



Anth.us pyrrhonotus Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 307 (1900). 



Anthus leucophrys sordidus Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 318 (1904). 



a, b. d . 60 miles W. of Entebbe, 3700 ft., 29th Nov. [Nos. 15, 16. R. E. D.] 



c, d. d 2 ■ Mokia, S.E. Ptuwenzori, 3400 fc, 4th & 8th May. [Nos. 300. JR. E. I). ; 

 2329. G. i.] 



e-i. cJ ? et c? imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 3rd-17th June. [Nos. 417. 

 i?. E. B. ; 2398, 2406. G. L. ; 3479, 3480. R. B. W.] 



k. 2 . 60 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3500 ft., 17th Aug. [No. 

 1791. D. C] 



Adult male and female. Iris dark brown ; bill brown or blackish, lower mandible 

 yellowish ; feet flesh-colour or brown. 



All these birds appear to be typical examples of A. pyrrhonotus (Vieill.). I am 

 unable to distinguish the subspecies A. gouldi Eraser, the length of the hind claw 

 being in my opinion too variable a character to place much reliance on. For instance, 

 among the present series some specimens have the hind toe equal in length to the 

 hind claw, while in others it is much shorter. 



[This Pipit was met with near Entebbe and on the plains round Ruwenzori, but 

 it did not ascend the mountains. It has a habit of suddenly flying up perpendicularly 

 into the air to a height of 20 or 30 feet and then dropping head first, with closed 

 wings, almost to the ground, only opening its wings just before alighting. I have 

 noticed it doing this repeatedly, for half an hour at a time, generally in the evening, 

 over some open patch of ground where it could run about freely in search of insects. — 

 B. B. W.] 



Anthus TRiviALis Linn. 



Anthus trivialis Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 299 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 311 (1904) ; 

 Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 559 [Toro]. 



a. 6 . 120 miles W. of Entebbe, 4200 ft., 8th Dec. [No. 1045. D. C] 



h. Adult. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 29th Dec. [No. 54. R. E. B.] 



c-f. d 2. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft.., 1st -27th Jan. 



d. d. 



[Nos. 61. R. E. B. ; 2065, 2071, 2117. G. L.] 



g, h. 6. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 18th & 21st March. [Nos. 

 1372. i). C; 2226. G. i.] 



Adidt. Iris hazel or dark brown ; bill brown or blackish, lower mandible light brown ; 

 feet light brown, brown, or flesh-colour. 



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