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Tail-feathers black, except tbe central pair which are 

 unil'orni cinnamou-brown, the next pair whose outer webs 

 are mostly cinnamon-brown, and the outer pair which are 

 tipped and broadly margined on the outer web with light 

 cinnamon-brown. Sides of head and neck, including a well- 

 defined superciliary streak, light ochraceous-buff, with 



(a) A narrow stripe of cinnamon-brown through the 



eye below the superciliary streak, 



(b) Ear-coverts of mottled cinnamon-brown, 



(c) A small moustache of triangular dark brown spots. 

 Legs, feet, and claws, pale clay-colour, with a dull pink 



tinge. Bill, upper mandible horn with pale cutting-edge, 

 lower mandible dull whitish tinged dull horn. Iris pale sepia. 



Dimensions of the type. Wing 87 mm., tail 67, tarsus 21, 

 bill 13. 



Female similar to male but rather smaller. 



Six specimens collected in Central Darfur : — 



Three males : Wings 86-89 mm., tails 65-67. 



Three females : Wings 80-84 mm., tails 60-65. 



Ohs. The dark streaking of the upper plumage varies 

 considerably in depth of colour and quantity. 



Anthus sordidus jebelmarrag, subsp. nov. 



"Jebel Marra Pipit." 



One of the " sordidus " group with the long bills and 

 dappled or streaked backs (as grouped by Dr. Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. xxiv. p. 458). 



It is nearest to A. sordidus hararensis Neum., but diflfers 

 at first glance in almost entirely lacking chest-spots — i.e., 

 nearly uniform below — and in the whole plumage being 

 suffused with bright tawny-olive. 



The tail is very dark, almost black (instead of brown), and 

 the light notch in the penultimate tail-feather is reduced to 

 a tiny mark at its extreme tip. 



Type. In the British Museum. An adult male from Jebel 

 Marra, Darfur, collected t2ih April, 1912, by Captain Lynes. 

 Altitude 6000 feet. 



Dimensions of the type. Wing 92 mm., tail 75, tarsus 2^, 

 bill 16. 



