1921 .] the Near East and Tropical East Africa. 
649 
Intermediate on the back between captus and arabicus , 
being paler above and whiter below than in the latter form. 
Wing smaller and culmen larger than in arabicus. Wing 
83-90, culmen 20-21. 
Anthus s. hararensis. 
Anthus nicholsoni hararensis Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, 
p. 233 : Abu Bekr, near Harar, Abyssinia. 
42 examined, including the type. 
Scarcely separable from arabicus. 
Upper parts not so dark and under parts not so heavily 
spotted and more rufescent than in arabicus , to which it 
seems nearest. I am unable to separate birds from northern 
Somaliland from Harar birds, though some are imperceptibly 
paler. Wing 93-98, culmen 17’5-19, 21. 
Harar in Abyssinia to the hills of northern Somaliland. 
Anthus s. jebelmarrse. 
Anthus s. jebelmarrce Lynes, Bull. B. 0. 0. xli. 1920, p. 16 : 
Jebel Marra, Darfur. 
3 examined, including the type. 
Nearest to hararensis , hut differs in almost entirely lacking 
the breast-spotting, and the whole plumage is suffused with 
bright tawny olive. Tail very dark, almost black (instead 
of brown), and the pale spot on the penultimate tail-feather 
is reduced to a tiny mark at its extreme tip. Wing 90-95, 
culmen 19. 
So far only known from the Darfur Hills in western 
Sudan. 
Anthus s. asbenaicus. 
Anthus s. asbenaicus Rothschild, Bull. B. 0. 0. xli. 1920, 
p. 33 : Asben (Air), central Sahara. 
10 examined, including the type. 
Very near jebelmarrce , but is slightly paler above and 
much paler below and with a more distinct breast-spotting. 
Penultimate tail-feather with more brown at its tip than in 
jebelmarrce . More rufescent than hararensis , especially on 
