3. ANTHUS. 539 



1. Anthus chloris. 



Anthus chloris, Licht. Verz. Samml. Kafernl. p. 13 (1842) ; id. 



Xumencl. Av.^. 38 (1854); Bp. Consp.i. p. 248 (18-54); Gray, 



Haiul-l. B. i. p. 250, no. 3639 (1869) ; Finsch l^- HartL Vdg. Ostafr. 



p. 276, note (1870) ; S/iarpe, ed. Laijard's B. S. Afr. p. 541 (1884). 

 C^Tiaedium chloris, Sundev. CEfv. K, Vet.-Akad. Fdrh. Stockh. 1850, 



"p. 100. 

 Anthus limoneUus (lapsu), Hartl. Ibis, 1832, p. 147. 

 Anthus butleri, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1882. p. 336, pi. 18 ; Butler, Feilden, 



iSf Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 336. 



Foot of Anthus Moris. 



Hind daw short and nearl)' straight, shorter than hind toe. 

 Tarsus longer than hind toe and claw combined. Primaries equal, 

 2, 3, and 4 ; Jirst about equal to the fifth ; Jifth longer than 

 innermost secondaries. Fed reaching to about two thirds of the 

 length of the tail (in skin). Primaries emarginate, 2, 3, 4, 5, all 

 verj- distinct. 



Adult ftmale. General colour above dark brown, all the feathers 

 with edgings of sandy buff, giving a Lark-like appearance to the 

 upper surface ; hind neck slightly ashy ; head with longitudinal 

 centres of dark brown ; scapulars like the back, with a slight wash 

 of yellow ; least and median wing-coverts dark brown, with broad 

 margins of pale olive-yellow, the greater series margined with 

 sandy buff like the secondaries ; primaries and their coverts dark 

 brown, with narrow edgings of olive-yellow, the first primary 

 whitish along the outer web ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers 

 dark brown, with distinct edgings of sandy buff, slightly washed 

 with yellow towards the base, the penultimate feather tipped with 

 white, the outermost one for the greater part white excepting a 

 broad diagonal mark of brown on the inner web, widening towards 

 the base ; lores and a broad eyebrow dingy white, as also a ring of 

 feathers round the eye ; ear-coverts dull white, Mashed with dark 

 brown on the upper and lower margins; cheeks sandy buff; throat 

 dull white ; the fore neck sandy buff, narrowly streaked with reddish- 

 brown shaft-lines ; centre of the breast pale yellow ; abdomen dull 



