650 
Col. R. Meinertzhagen on Birds from. [Ibis, 
the ramp, the breast-spotting being less distinct and the 
whole under parts generally paler. Wing of males 91- 
98 mm., culmen 19-20. 
50 far only known from the mountains of Air in the 
central Sahara. 
An thus s. sordidus. 
Anthus sordidus Riippell, Wirbelthiere von Abyss. 1835, 
p. 103, pi. 39. fig. 1 : Simen Province, Abyssinia. 
51 men, Semyen, or Samen Province is in northern Abyssinia 
between Lake Tsana and Massowah. 
24 examined from Shoa in the ceniral highlands of 
Abyssinia, some 200 miles south of the typical locality. 
Much darker and more uniform above, and much redder 
below than hararensis. Wing 97-102, culmen 17-18. 
Inhabits the hills of central and northern Abyssinia. 
An thus sordidus subsp. ? 
Sclater and Praed (Ibis, 1918, p. 615) thought that birds 
from Erkowit (behind Suakim on the Red Sea coast) did not 
agree with any race, though nearest to hararensis , but they 
were less plainly striped on the back. The specimen on 
which Sclater and Praed made the above remarks was 
obtained in March. Though undoubtedly belonging to the 
sordidus-g roup, it is unlike any race either at Tring or in 
the British Museum. The plumage, however, strikes me as 
being juvenile, though the time of year when it was shot 
rather points to this not being the case. 
Anthus s. longirostris. 
Anthus nicholsoni longirostris Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, 
p. 232 : Gardulla, west of Gandjule Lake (which is the same 
as Lake Abaya in southern Abyssinia, 150 miles N.E. of the 
northern end of Lake Rudolf). 
26 examined, including the type. 
Nearest to sordidus and much darker than hararensis or 
arabicus. Not quite so dark as sordidus and apparently less 
uniform on the back. Under parts not so fulvous as in 
