534 MOTACILLID^. 



mese countries, Cochin China, down the Malayan peninsula to 

 Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. It is supposed, however, to be resident 

 in some of the Burmese countries. 



a. (S ad. sk. Island of Askold, May 17 R. B. Sharps, Esq. [P.]. 



(H. Doerries). 



b. Ad. sk. Nuwara EUya, Ceylon. Mr. E. Boate [C.]. 



c. (S ad. sk. Mynall, Travancore, Nov. 12. F. W. Bom-dillon, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 (L Ad. sk. Malabar. Gould Collection. 



e. S ad. sk. Coonoor, Nilghiris, Feb. 2. W. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Assam (McC/elland). India Museum. 

 (/, h. (S ad. sk. Kjeikpadein, Lower Pegu, Gates Collection. 



Jan. 1.3. 



i. Ad. sk. Cochin China. M. E. PieiTe [P.]. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Malacca. India Museum. 



m. Ad. sk. Malacca. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



H. 5 ad. sk. Malacca. Wallace Collection. 



0. Ad. sk. Java. Pm'chased. 



3. ANTHUS. rr 



Type. 



Anthus, Bechst. Naturg. Beutschl. iii. p. 704 (1807) . . A. trivialis. 

 Spipola, Leach, Cat. Mamm. etc. Brit. Mus. p. 22 



(1816) A. triviaHs. 



Corydalla, Vigors, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 397 (1826) A. richardi. 



Pipastes, Kcntp, Natilrl. Syst. p. 33 (1829) A. trivialis. 



Leimoniptila, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 39 (1829) A. pratensis. 



Agrodroma, Sicains. Classif. B. ii. p. 241 (1837) .... A. campestris. 



Cichlops, Ilodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844) . . A. richardi. 

 Dendronanthus, Blyth, J. A. S. Benq. xvi. p. 432 



(1847) ' A. trivialis. 



Cynsedium, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 



1850, p. 100 A. lineiventris. 



Pedicorys, Baird, Review Ainer. B. p. 15 (1864) .... A. bogotensis. 



Notiocorys, Baird, Beview Amer. B. p. 15 (1864) .... A. rufus. 



Range. Over the whole of the Old and New "Worlds, with the 

 exception of the Papuan islands and Oceania. 



Key to tJie Species*. 



A. With no yellow in the tail or wings. 



a. With the hind claw decidedly shorter than the 

 hallux t. 



* In a ' Key ' to a genus such as Anthus, in which the young of one species 

 is often like the adult of another, it is very difficult to arrange the species in a 

 natural sequence, and in the present instance the ' Key ' is somewhat artificial ; 

 but in the description of the species I have endeavoured to group them 

 natui-ally. 



t In measuring these Pipits, the length of the hind toe has been taken from 

 the base of the hinder tarsus along the ridge of the hallux to the actual bast- of 

 the claw, and the latter has been measured in a straight line from base to tip, 

 not following its curve. 



