382 ZOOLOOT. 



diate between the var. cinereoscapilla and tmejlava, as 

 it has only a trace of a white superciliary stripe. 



169. B. campestris, Pallas, 01 B.Jlava, L. var. campestrisi 



A single specimen obtained on the highlands in spring 

 has the forehead and greater portion of the crown of the 

 head yellow. Mr. Tristram informs me that he has seen 

 but one other specimen with an equally yellow head. 

 That was shot in England. I am informed by Dr. Finsch 

 that this race is the true Motacilla campestris of Pallas, 

 and that M. Rayi of Linnaeus differs by having the 

 crown greenish and well-marked yellow supercOia. Mr. 

 Tristram, however, does not consider that this is PaUas's 

 bird. I confess myself unable to decide anything with 

 respect to these races. 



170. Anthus cecilii, Savigny. 



Sav. Descr, de I'Bgypte, Bxplic. somm. des Planches, p. 281. — Ois. 



pi. 5, f 6, 1825. 

 Motacilla cervina, Pallas, Zoogr. Ros. As. i. p. 511, 1831. 

 Anthus cervinus, Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. p. 323. 



Common around Senafe on ploughed fields. 



171. Anthus {Agrodroma) sordidus, Eupp. or A. campestris, 

 Tar. sordid/us. 



Anthus sordidus, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 103, t. xxxix. f. 1. — Heugl. 

 Om. N. 0. Afr. p. 326. 



This bird varies much, apparently with age and the 

 state of the plumage. Some specimens are almost uni- 

 formly dusky above, with part of the outer tail-feathers 

 alone pale buff, and only a trace of pale edgings to the 

 quills and wing-coverts. This is the plumage of two 

 specimens shot in the Anseba valley in July. AU the 



