3. ANTHUS. 535 



Under wing-coverts and axillaries olive- 

 yellow. 

 a". Upper plumage mottled with dark centres 

 to the feathers. 

 a'". Smaller : a patch of yellow on the 

 breast ; under surface nearly uniform, 

 with a lew indistinct central marks 



of dusky Moris, p. 539. 



b'". Larger : no yellow in the centre of the 

 breast, which is streaked with black 



like the Hanks liiieiventris, p. 540. 



b". Upper plumage uniform; no streaks on 

 the flanks ; on the chest a few streaks 



of light brown crenatus, p. 541. 



h'. Under wing-coverts and axillaries light 

 tawny buti' or smoky brown, not yellow. 

 c". Flanks distinctly streaked with black like 

 the breast. 

 c'". Median and greater wing-coverts tipped 

 with white, forming a double wing- 

 bar ; light pattern of outer tail- 

 feather white or smoky white. 

 «■■. Above clear brown, very distinctly 

 streaked with dusky ; spots on 



breast small tririalis, p. 543. 



&■*, Dull olive-greenish above, with few 

 dusky streaks, or none at all ; spots 

 on breast very large and distinct . . maculatus, p. 547. 

 d'". No white tips to the -wing-coverts, 

 which consequently show no wdng- 

 bar; light pattern of outer tail-fea- 

 ther isabelline buff. 

 c*. Much larger ; wing 2-9 inches : throat 

 and abdomen fawn-bufi^ with a few 

 triangular spots of black on the 



breast nilffhiriensis, p. 650. 



dK Smaller ; wing 25-2-Q inches : throat 

 and abdomen white, the breast only 

 fulvescent, thickly streaked with 



black hrachyurus, p. 551. 



d". Flanks perfectly uniform or only obso- 

 letely streaked with blackish. 

 e'". Light pattern of outer tail-feather 

 isabelline or pale fawn-colour or ful- 

 vous ; no white wing-bar. 

 e"*. Outer tail-feather fulvous, with the 

 shaft black aud the greater part of 

 the inner web blackish ; penultimate 

 feather with a small spot of white 

 at the tip, often contined to a narrow 

 fringe along the outer web ; upper 

 surface mottled with dusky centres 



to the feathers tiicholsoni , p. 553. 



f^. Outer tail-feather very pale smoky 

 bufl, or slightly rufescent, paler 



