662 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on Birds from [Ibis, 
but a large percentage of birds are more distinctly spotted 
than those of the leucophrys-g roup. 
Throat white, in contrast to the rest of the under parts. 
First four primaries almost equal. 
Outer tail-feather always darker than in the leucophrys- 
group. 
Inner secondaries invariably fall short of the tips of the 
longest primaries. 
Culmen as in the leucophrys-g roup, and, if anything, 
more stumpy. 
Anthus gouldi omoensis. 
Anthus leucophrys omoensis Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, 
p. 234: Ergino Valley, between Grofa and Doko on the 
Omo River. The Omo is in southern Abyssinia and flows 
into the north end of Lake Rudolf. Type in the Tring 
Museum. 
Upper parts uniform dark hair-brown (R. iii. 12), lower 
parts raw umber (R. iii. 14). Wing 92-100, culmen 11-18, 
hind claw 9-12 mm. 
Inhabits the Omo River Valley in southern Abyssinia. 
Anthus gouldi turneri. 
Anthus g. turneri Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. C. xli. 1920, 
p. 24: Kituni, N.W. Kenya Colony. Type in the Tring 
Museum. 
Upper parts uniform dark hair-brown (R. iii. 12). Under 
parts pale wood-brown (R. iii. 19) and not so dark as in 
omoensis. Breast-spotting large and distinct, with pear- 
shaped blotches. 
Wing of males 94-100, and of females 90-95 mm. 
Culmen 15-19, hind claw 9-13 mm. 
Inhabits the northern, eastern, and western shores of the 
Victoria Nyanza, and north to Mount Elgon. 
Birds from southern Abyssinia and the Sudan provinces of 
Mongalla and Bahr-el-Ghazal appear to belong to this race, 
though Sudan birds are slightly paler below and are not so 
heavily marked on the breast. 
