3. ATTTHUS. 551 



edged with bii% whitish ; upper tail-coverts and tail blackish, 

 edged with paler browii, the latter with pale sandy bnfF ; the two 

 outer feathers smoky brown, whitish at tip, the inner web with an 

 oblique mark of dark brown ; the third feather with an irregular 

 wedge-shaped spot of white at the end of the inner web ; a distinct 

 eyebrow from the base of the nostril to above the ear-coverts ; lores 

 blackish ; ear-coverts and feathers below the eye reddish brown, 

 with whitish shafWines, the upper margin dusky brown ; cheeks 

 rich sandy buff, brighter on the throat and fore neck, as well as the 

 sides of the body ; the fore neck, chest, and sides streaked with 

 black, the stripes more longitudinal on the latter ; abdomen paler 

 and more isabclline ; under tail-coverts richer sandy buif ; axillaries 

 pale sandy buff, washed -with olive ; under wing- coverts sandy buff, 

 tinged with olive near the edge of the wing ; quills duskj' below, 

 ashy for two thirds of their length : " upper mandible and apical 

 portion of lower mandible and claws dark brown ; rest of lower 

 mandible, legs, and feet pale fleshy brown ; iris deep wood-brown " 

 (Davison). Total length 6*5 inches, cvilmen 0*55, wing 2"95, tail 2*7, 

 tarsus 0'95. 



Adult female. Very similar to the male, but having the under- 

 parts more feebly marked. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0"55, 

 wing 2-9, tail 2'35, tarsus 0*95. 



Ohs. Some specimens have the throat richer and more tawny than 

 others, but otherwise there is little variation in examples killed in* 

 the spring of the year. 



Hub. HiUs of Southern India. 



a. Ad. sk. Nilghiri hills. T. C. Jerdon, E.sq. [P.]. 



(Typp. of species.) 

 h,c. c? 2 ad. sk. Ootncamund,Nilghiris, Jan. W. Davison, Esq. fP.1. 

 d, e,f. cJ ad. sk. Ootacamund, Feb. W. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 



ff. (S ad. sk. Ootacamund, March. W. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Anthus brachyums. 



Anthus brachvurus, Siindcv. CEfv. K. Tet.-Ahad. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 100; Giinify, Ibis, 1863, p. 327; Lai/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 122 

 (1867) ; Gray', Tlandd. B. i. p. 249, no. 3617 (1869) ; frisfr. Ibis, 

 1869, p. 437 • S/iarpe, ed. Lai/ard's B. S. Afr. -p. 539 (1884). 



Anthus brevicaudus, Bp. C'tmsp. i. p. 248 (18.53, lapsu cat.). 



Anthus calthropffi, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 121 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 250, uo. 3627 (1869). 



Hind claw slender, slightly curved, and not so long as the hind 

 toe. Tarsiix longer than hind toe and claw combined. Primaries 

 equal, 2 and 3 ; first and fourth almost equal, so that practically 

 they are all four subcqual ; fifth a little shorter than the fourth, 

 but longer than the innermost secondaries. Feet not extending 

 beyond the tail, but nearly reaching to the tip (in skin). Primanes 

 emare/inate, 2, 3, 4, 5, all distinct. 



Adidt male in hreediivi-plumacje. General colour above dusky, 

 somewhat Lark-like in appearance, the feathers being dark brown 



