1921 .] the Near East and Tropical East Africd. 
663 
Anthus gouldi gouldi. 
Anthus gouldi Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, 
p. 27: Cape Palmas on the extreme south-east of the 
Liberian coast. 
Upper parts as in turneri. Under parts slightly paler. 
Generally a smaller bird. Wing 87-93, culmen 15—17, 
hind claw 10-12 mm. 
Inhabits Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia. 
Anthus gouldi prunus. 
Anthus g. prunus Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. 0. xli. 1920, 
p. 24: Benguella, Angola. Type in the Tring Museum. 
Upper parts very similar to those of the rest of the group, 
but with frequently a maroon or almost plum-coloured tinge 
on the rich uniform hair-brown (R.iii.12). Under parts 
varying from pale wood-brown (R. iii. 19) to whitish. Breast 
spotting indistinct in adults but clearly marked in immature 
birds. Well-developed eye-stripe extending back to the sides 
of the head. 
The upper parts of immature birds are slightly tinged with 
yellow, paler and inclined to be blotched. 
Wing of males 93-102, and of females 90-101 mm. 
Culmen 15-17 and hind claw 10-15 mm. 
Inhabits Angola. 
Anthus gouldi hohndorffi. 
Anthus leucophrgs hohndorffi Neumann, J. f. O. 1906, p. 236: 
Kassongo on the Upper Congo. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
None examined, but from the description probably belongs 
to this group. 
Upper parts as dark or darker than omoensis. Under parts, 
except for the white chin, very dark. The centre of the 
under parts paler—dirty white—and the flanks dark earthy 
brown Its chief character in relation to omoensis is in the 
centre of the under parts being differently coloured to the 
flanks. 
Described from one specimen. Wing 96, culmen 14 mm. 
