MOTACILLID.E — ANTHUS 



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Gknus ANTHUS, Bechstein. 



Aiilhus, Bechstei.v, GciiK-iu. Natiirg. Deutschl. 1802 (Agassiz). (Type, Alauda spinoletta.) 



Gkn. Char. Bill slender, inucli attuiuiated, and distinctly notched. A lew short 

 bristles at the base. Ciilmen concave at the base. Tarsi quite distinctly scutellate ; 



A. Lridovicianus. 



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 



A. Lridovicianus. 



rather long, emarginate. 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 primaries. 



