1921 .] the Near Bast and Tropical East Africa. 659 
Anthus 1. leucophrys. 
Anthus leucophrys Vieillot, Nouv. Dict.xxvi. 1818, p. 502 : 
44 Cape of Good Hope.’ 5 —The main points in the original 
description are:— 44 An eye-stripe extending to the sides of 
the head. Whole upper parts brownish grey, with small 
blackish spots on the head.” This clearly indicates the 
pale bird and not the darker race of the gouldi- group, 
though the marked eye-stripe is more characteristic of 
the latter group. 
Upper parts dark sepia (R. iii. 3), lower parts wood-brown 
(R. iii. 19). Breast-spotting indistinct and smudgy. Wing 
93-101, culmen 18, and hind claw 12*5 and 13 mm. 
Cape Province, southern Ratal, Zululand, and the southern 
districts of the Orange Free State. 
Anthus 1. vaalensis. 
Anthus vaalensis Shelley, Birds of Africa, ii. 1900, p. 311 : 
Newcastle in northern Natal. 
Upper parts paler than in the preceding race and uniform 
bistre (R. iii. 6 ). Under parts pale wood-brown (R. iii. 19). 
Breast-spotting indistinct and smudgy. Larger wing and 
smaller hind claw than in A. I, leucophrys. Wing 102-107, 
culmen 17-18, and hind claw 9-11 mm. 
This Pipit inhabits northern Natal, Transvaal, Bechuana- 
land, and the Orange Free State south to Bloemfontein. A 
bird from Deelfontein (Cape Province) in the British Museum 
appears to be also of this race. As the specimen has no 
original label, I do not attach much importance to it. 
Anthus 1. neumanni. 
Anthus l. angolensis Neumann, J. f. O. 1906, p. 236 : 
Ambaca in Angola. Name preoccupied by Anthus angolensis 
Bocage, Journ. Sci. Lisboa, viii. 1870, p. 341, which 
from the description is obviously Anthus chloris of Lichten¬ 
stein. 
Anthus l. neumanni Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. O. C. xli. 1920, 
p. 23. (Type and description as for Anthus l. angolensis 
Neumann, J. f. O. 1906. No. 158 in the Tring Museum.) 
