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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



and slightly curved ; inner toe and claw longer than the outer ; outstretched 

 toes falling short of the tip of tail ; hind toe and claw shorter than tarsus AnHius. 



Point of wings formed by four outer primaries, the first longest, or as long 

 as others. Legs stout, the outstretched toes reaching almo.'^t to tip of tail. 

 Hind toe and claw longer than tarsus, the claw very long, but equal to the 

 toe proper Keocorys. 



b. Wings short, rounded. 



Point of wings formed by four outi^r primaries of nearly equal length . Xotiocorys.^ 

 Point of wings formed b}' live outer primaries, the first shorter than 

 third Pediocorys? 



Genus ANTHUS, Bechst. 



AntMis, Bfxhst. Gomein. Naturg. Dcutschl. 1802. (Type, Alauda spiiwlcUa.) 



Char. Bill slender, much attenuated, and distinctly notched. A few short bristles at 



the base. Oulmen concave at the base. Tarsi 

 quite distinctly scutellate; longer than the middle 

 toe ; inner lateral toe the longer. Hind toe rather 

 shorter than the tarsus, but longer than the middle 

 toe, owing to the long, attenuated, and moderately 

 curved hind claw, which is considerably more 

 than half the total length of the toe. Tail rather 

 long, emarginale. Wing very long, considerably 

 longer than the lengthened tail, reaching to its 

 middle. The first primary nearly equal to the 

 longest. The tertials almost as long as the prima- 

 ries. 



Pjiit one .species of this genus belongs 

 jiriijierly to Xorth America, altliough a sec- 

 ond is accidental in Greenland and Alaska. The diagnoses are as follows : — 



Anthux ht'/ovirinniix. 



Bill and feet blackish. Prevailing color above olive-brown. Beneath buff. Edge 

 and inside of wings while. Shafts of middle tail-feathers above daik lirown 



.1 . ludovidanus. 



Bill and feet dn.<ky fle.sh-color. Prevailing color above olive-green ; more dis- 

 tinctly streaked. Beneath greenish-white. Edge and inside of wings green- 

 ish-yellow. Shafts of middle tail-feathers above whitish . . . A. pratensis. 



Zander (Cahanis Journal, E.xtraheft I, 18.53, 64) states tliat Anthus ccr- 

 vinus, Pallas, is fotind in tlie Aleutian Islands. It is described as having 



The feet yellowish-brown ; the two longest under tail-coverts with a blackish longitudi- 

 n.al spot ; the longest tertial almost equal to the longest jiriniary ; the shaft of the first 

 tail-feather mostly white ; no green on the plumage ; the throat rust-color. 



1 Anthtis (N'otiocorys) rufus, Baikd, Rev. Am. Birds, 1S64, 156 {Alauda rufo, G.M.). llidi. 

 Isthmus of Panama. 



'^ Anthus (Pediociirys) boijotcnsis, Baikd, Hev. Am. Birds, 1*64, 157 (Anthus bogotejisis, ScLA- 

 TEU). Hah. Etuiador, Colombia. 



