3. ANTHXJS. 561 



Agrodroma sordida, Antin. S^ Salvad. Viaqg. Boqos, p. 110 (1873) ; 

 Butler, Sir. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 183 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 103 ; 

 Reid, Str. F. L881, p. 49; Davidson, Str. F. 1882, p. 311. 



Foot of Anthus sordidus. 



Hind claw strongly curved, but rather slender, shorter than hind 

 toe. Tarsus considerably longer than hind toe and claw combined. 

 Primaries equal, 3, 4 ; second a trifle shorter than third ; first shorter 

 than second, and a little longer than fifth, which is a little shorter 

 than or equal to the long secondaries. Feet reaching to about 

 three fourths of the tail. Primaries emarginate, 2, 3, 4, 5, all very 

 distinct. 



Adult male. General plumage above slightly mottled, the feathers 

 of the upper surface being dark brown, edged with ashy fulvous or 

 sandy buff, the upper tail-coverts long and plainly edged with 

 rufescent buff ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and 

 greater coverts blackish, rather broadly edged with sandy-colour ; 

 bastard-wing feathers black, margined with ashy fulvous ; primary- 

 coverts and primaries blackish, narrowly fringed with ashy fulvous, 

 the secondaries edged with sandy like the greater coverts, most of 

 the quills with a narrow whitish fringe at the tip ; tail-feathers 

 blackish, margined with sandy buff like the back, the outermost 

 feather sandy buff along the whole of the outer web, the same 

 colour extending diagonally across the terminal third of the outer 

 web, the penultimate feather with a triangular spot of sandy buff 

 at the tip ; a distinct superciliary streak of pale sandy buff from 

 the lores to the hinder edge of the ear-coverts ; in front of the eye 

 a blackish spot ; feathers below the eye and the ear-coverts sandy 

 buff, tipped with dusky brown, the upper part of the ear-coverts 

 dark brown ; checks and throat sandy buff, whiter on the chin, 

 with a few dusky spots along the moustachial line ; remainder of 

 under surface of body sandy buff, slightly washed with ashy fulvous, 

 the fore neck and breast thickly streaked with triangular spots of 

 black ; flanks and sides of body browner, but not streaked with 

 black ; thighs and under tail-coverts deeper sandy buff, especially 

 the latter, which have faintly indicated dusky centres and blackish 

 shaft-lines ; imder wing-coverts light sandy buff, with dull ashy 



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