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conclusion that they differ from G. c. hrachyura and G. c- 

 cinnamomina. 



In fresh autumn plumage they lack the cinnamon tinge 

 of G. c. cinnamomina, but are darker than hrachyura, the 

 feathers on the back having blacker centres. Underparts 

 similar to cinnamomina, but the breast-spotting is more 

 marked than in hrachyura. Outer tail-feathers with black 

 only on the proximal half of the outer web, whilst the 

 black on the inner web frequently covers the whole web 

 except the extreme tip. 



Wing of males 98-109 mm. and of females 96-104. Culmen 

 of males 18'5-22, and of females 19-21. 



Type in the Triug Museum, ? , Jerusalem, 20. xi. 19. 



Anthus richardi lacuum, subsp, no v. 



For reasons I hope to give shortly in 'The Ibis,' I have 

 united the rufulus group of Pipits with the richardi 

 group. 



Now birds from British East Africa and Uganda have 

 hitherto been united under the name Anthus rufulus cinna- 

 momeus, described by Riippell from Abyssinia. I recently 

 collected, with the assistance of Mr. Turner, a series of 47 

 birds from East Africa, and, in conjunction with a series of 

 37 birds from the Tring Collection, there can be no doubt 

 that birds from Kenya Colony (British East Africa), Tan- 

 ganyika Territory, and Uganda are not so cinnamon as birds 

 from the type-locality and must be separated. 



They are darker, less cinnamon, and more fulvous than 

 cinnamomeus. Generally a greyer bird. Birds from west 

 of the Victoria Nyanza appear slightly more cinnamon than 

 birds from east of the Lake, but such variation is not 

 sufficiently constant to warrant a further separation. 



Type in the Tring Museum, cJ , Naivasha, collected by 

 myself on 9,xi. IG. 



Wings 81-91, 95, 99, 100 mm. ; cuJmen 15-17, 18 mm.; 

 hind claw, 9-12' 5 mm. 



