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Anthus sordidus decaptus, subsp. nov. .— ^ 



Hartert, in describing Anthus captus from Palestine, 

 included birds from Eastern Persia and Baluchistan. I 

 have now got a good series of captus from Palestine, and 

 there is no doubt that it is a smaller bird in every respect 

 than birds from East Persia and Baluchistan, of which I 

 have examined 44 specimens. 



Very similar to captus, but larger. In both fresh autumn 

 and worn plumage the colour of the upper parts scarcely 

 differs from captus, but the lower parts in fresh autumn 

 plumage are more ochreous, whilst in winter and worn 

 plumage the lower parts are not so white as in captus. The 

 spotting on the breast is usually better defined than in captus. 



Wing 95-106 mm., culmen 18-5-21'5. 



Wing of captus (9 examined) 90-95 mm., culmen 18-20. 



In juvenile plumage birds are mottled on the back and 

 have broad fulvous margins to the inner secondaries. The 

 breast-spotting is also more distinct than in adults. 



Type in the Tring Museum, ? , Rud-I-Taman in East 

 Persia, 23. viii. 98 (Zarudny leg.). 



Breeds in Persian Baluchistan, East Persia, and British 

 Baluchistan, wandering to Sind in winter. 



In the J.f. 0. 1906, p. 236, Oscar Neumann described a 

 new Pipit as Anthus leucophrys angolensis. This name is 

 preoccupied by Anthus angolensis of Bocage, ' Jornal 

 Sciencias Lisboa,' viii. p. 341 of 1870, which describes 

 Anthus chloris Lichtenstein, and of which it is a synonym. 

 I therefore propose the name 



Anthus leucophrys neumanni, nom. nov., -^ 



for Neumann's angolensis. Type as for Anthus leucophrys 

 angolensis Neumann (No. 158 in the Tring Museum) and 

 description as for Anthus leucophrys angolensis in the J.f. 0. 

 1906, p. 236. 



Anthus leucophrys goodsoni, subsp. nov. — f- 



Upper parts as in Anthus I. leucophrys and slightly darker 

 than A. I. neumanni, though in one bird from Nyeri (in the 



