556 MOTACILLID^. 



Anthus cinnamomeus (nee Rilpp.), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 251, no. 



3636 (1869) ; Layard, Ibis, 1871, p. 228. 

 Authus pyrrhonotus, Gurnet/, Ibis, 1871, p. 150 ; Layard, t. c. 



p. 228 ; Gurn»i/, in Anderss. B. Dam. Id. p. 113 (1872) ; Bueldey, 



Ibis, 187i, p. 384; Shellei/, Ibis, 1875, p. 75 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1876, 



p. 246; Sharpe, in Oates\ Matabele Land, ^^j/j.' p. 317 (1881); 



Shelkii, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 573 ; Butler, Feilden, ^ Reid, Zool. 1882, 



p. 336 ; Shellei/, Ibis, 1882, p. 349, 1883, p, 543. 

 Antlius erythronotiis, Shatpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 72 (1871) ; Bocage, 



Orn. Angola, p. 295 (1881). 



Foot of Anthus pyrrhonotus. 



Hind claiv curved, not so long as the hind toe itself. Tarsus 

 very much longer than the hind toe and claw. Primaries equal, 

 2 and 3 ; first primary equal to fourth ; hoth of them only a' 

 shade shorter than the others, and practically about equal ; fifth 

 primary much shorter than the other four, about equal to longest 

 secondaries and generally exceeding them by a little. Feet not 

 reaching beyond end of tail (in skin). Primaries emarginate, 2, 3, 

 4, 5, the last obsolete. 



Nestlinci (full-grown). General colour above Lark-like, the 

 feathers dark brown or blackish, laterally margined with sandy 

 buif and fringed at the tips with pale sandy buff, producing a 

 strongly mottled appearance ; the head like the back and similarly 

 marked ; the hind neck more ashy brown and the dark spots 

 smaller ; wing-coverts blackish, rather broadly edged with deep 

 sandy buff ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish 

 brown, edged with sandy rufous, broader on the secondaries, the 

 first primary externally edged with isabelline ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail-feathers blackish brown, rather broadly margined with sandy 

 buff, the penultimate feather blackish brown along the inner web, 

 paler and more smoky brown near the shaft, which again is blackish 

 brown, forming with the adjoining portion of the feather a distinct 

 blackish streak down the feather, reaching nearly to the tip, the 

 outer web and the end of the inner web sandy buff ; outer feather 



