Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 10. 83 



175. Anthus nicholsoni. 



Anthus nicholsoni, Sharpe, ed. Layard, " B. S. Africa," p. 536 

 (1884: Eland's Post, Vaal River, Kingwilliamstown, near 

 Cape Town); Id., "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 10, p. 553; 

 W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 1, p. 249; 

 Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 316. 



Anthus campestris, Bocage (nee Vieill.), " Orn. Angola," p. 292. 



418. ? ad. Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia. Oct. 2, 1905. 



Bill, upper mandible blackish, lower mandible 

 yellowish-horn-colour, with a black tip ; iris, brown \feet, 

 pinkish-horn-colour. 



Snared on its nest, which contained two eggs slightly 

 incubated. The nest was of dry shredded coarse grass 

 and placed on the ground. 



483. S ad. Msofu River, Alala Plateau. Nov. 5, 

 1905. 



Bill, brownish, lower mandible yellow ; iris, brown ; 

 feet, yellowish-horn-colour. 



176. Anthus leucophrys. 



Anthus leucophrys, Vieill., " N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat," vol. 26, 

 p. 502 (1818 : Cape of Good Hope); Reichen., " Vog. 

 Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 316. 



Anthus pyrrhonotus (nee Vieill.), Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," 

 vol. 20, p. 555 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1899, p. 367 (Tanganyika 

 Plateau) ; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 1, 

 p. 250 



Anthus erythronotus, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 295. 



407. $ ad. Road to Ndola. Sept. 24, 1905. 

 412. $ ad. Road to Ndola. Sept. 27, 1905. 

 Bill, upper mandible blackish, lower mandible yellow 

 with a black tip ; iris, brown ; feet, pale brownish. 

 " Mchocha " of the Alala. 



