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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
tlie Central Cape Colony trip. These were shot on some rocky 
ground on an open grassy hill-side. They were somewhat 
tame, and when disturbed merely ran from rock to rock, 
sometimes half hiding behind the boulders, at other times 
boldly perching on the tops. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill, upper mandible 
dark horn-brown, lower rather paler; legs and toes amber- 
coloured.] 
142. Anthus brachyurus. 
22. Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1). 
[This little Pipit was only observed in the Ngoye Hills of 
Zululand and at Illovo, near Durban—a pair being seen in 
each locality. It frequents open grassy hill-sides or flats and 
is skulking in habit, running with some celerity through the 
grass. It is not easily flushed, but rises w r ell within shot 
and utters a weak “ pip pip” note, springing almost abruptly 
upwards, but seldom flying far, then descending precipitately 
to the ground and instantly running. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill horn-brown, lower 
mandible rather paler ; legs and toes amber-brown.] 
Anthus caffer. 
Sundevall, (Efv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1850, p. 100. 
Tv. Woodbush, May (2). 
The history of this species will be found at length in the 
Annals S. Afr. Mus. iii. 1905, p. 375. 
[Some three or four specimens of this species were observed 
among the grassy hill-sides dotted with trees around the 
Woodbush Village. Except for its larger size, it resembles 
A. brachyurus. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill, upper mandible 
horny brown, lower paler brown; legs and toes amber- 
brown.] 
143. Anthus nicholsoni. 
CC. Klipfontein, April, May, July (8) ; 2a. Jususie 
Valley, Dec. (1); Umfolosi Station, July (1); Tv. Wakker- 
stroom, Apl. (1) ; Zuurbron, May (1) ; Woodbush, June, 
Dec. (2). 
