. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 3. ANTHUS. 541 small triaugular spots of blackish brown, widening on the fore neck; breast and sides of the body longitudinally streaked with blackish brown; thighs dark brown; under tail-coverts dull white, with large centres of dark brown ; under wing-coverts olive-yellow with brown bases ; bill blackish, the lower mandible yellowish, the tip dusky; feet yellowish ; iris dusky brown. Total length 7'-i inches, culmen 0'65, wing 3-5, tail 2-9, tarsus 1"1. (Mus. Lisb.) Hah. Transvaal, extending across to Angola. a. 2 ad. sk. Eusteuberg, E. Tr
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 3. ANTHUS. 541 small triaugular spots of blackish brown, widening on the fore neck; breast and sides of the body longitudinally streaked with blackish brown; thighs dark brown; under tail-coverts dull white, with large centres of dark brown ; under wing-coverts olive-yellow with brown bases ; bill blackish, the lower mandible yellowish, the tip dusky; feet yellowish ; iris dusky brown. Total length 7'-i inches, culmen 0'65, wing 3-5, tail 2-9, tarsus 1"1. (Mus. Lisb.) Hah. Transvaal, extending across to Angola. a. 2 ad. sk. Eusteuberg, E. Transvaal, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [ July 29, 1878 {T. Ay res). b. Ad. sk, Pinetown, Natal, June 10 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. (T. L. Ay res). 3. Anthus crenatus *. Anthus lineiventrls {nee Sund.), Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 123 (1868). Anthus chloris {nee Licht.), Layard, Ibis, 1869, "p. 368 ; Tristr. t. c. p. 437 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 73 (1871). Anthus crenatus, Finsch '<^- Hartl. Voy. Osiafr. p. 275, note (1870) ; Sfiarjje, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. Foot of Anthus crenatus. Hind daio short and strongly arched, shorter than hind toe. Tarsus stout, much longer than hind toe and claw combined. Primaries equal, 3, 4 ; the Jirst a little shorter than the second, the third longest of any ; Jifth shorter than _/j7-s^ and a trifle longer than inner secondaries. Feet reaching to about three quarters of the length of the tail (in skin). Primaries emarginate, 2, 3, 4, 5, all very distinct. Adult male. Entire upper surface uniform brown, with more or * I believe that this bird ought to bear the earlier name of A. icferintis, Hartl. (Ibis, 1862, p. 147), but have not been able to satisfy myself entirely as to the identity of the two species. Dr. Hartlaub informs me in a letter that the name "A. Umonellus, Licht.," quoted by him, is a lapsus calami for "A. chloris^'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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