142 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
a. Jig Jegga, Abyssinia, 23 December, 1898. 
(No. 20.) 
b. $. Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 
(No. 67.) 
c. c? . Jifadensa, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. (No. 255.) 
d. $ . Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 261.) 
e. ¥ . Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 264.) 
/. <?. Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 271.) 
g. Ad. Kuntaba, Abyssinia, 7 February, 1899. (No. 301.) 
Iris light brown ; bill dark ; legs light. 
[Widely distributed.—L.] 
74. Anthus cervinus. 
Anthus cervinus (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, x. 
p. 585 (1885); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 265 
(1888) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 402 [N. Somaliland]. 
a. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 
(No. 71.) 
b. cJ. Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 144.) 
c. S • Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 272.) 
d . S • Damai Hamash, Abyssinia, 23 February, 1899. 
(No. 369.) 
e. $ . Jaka, Abyssinia, 27 February, 1899. (No. 375.) 
a and e. Iris brown; bill dark; legs light. 
b } c , and d. Iris brown; bill dark; legs brown. 
Specimen b is still in winter plumage, with the throat 
white, the rufous just beginning to make its appearance; in 
all the other examples the rufous is more or less developed, 
while in specimen c it is of a distinctly vinaceous tint. 
75. Macronyx elayicollis. 
Macronyoc flavicollis Riipp.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 
p. 625 (1885) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 265 
(1888). 
a. $' Jifadensa, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. (No. 257.) 
b. ¥ • Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 263.) 
Iris brown; bill dark ; legs light. 
[A bird of the high plateaux, often observed to perch on 
trees. The black ou the throat appeared to be more pro- 
