3. ANTHUS. 571 



p. 96 (1869); Hume, Ibis, 1871, p. 35; Adam, Str. F. 1873, 



p. 384 ; Butler i^ Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 491 ; Fairb. Str. F. 1870, 



p. 200; Prjev. in Roivlei/s Orn. 3Iisc. ii. p. 195 (1877); Butler, 



Str. F. 1877, p. 230; id. Cat. B. Sind ^c. p. 41 (1879) ; Hume, 



Str. F. 1879, p. 103 ; Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 56 (1880) ; 



Davids. Str. F. 1882, p. 310. 

 Corydalla striata, C. arvensis, C. septentrionalis, C. arenaria, C. 



agronim, C. subarquata, C. riifescens, Bre/im, Naum. 1855, p. 279. 

 Corydalla vierthaleri et C. gracilis, Brehm, Vogelf. p. 137 (1855). 

 Corydalla orientalis, Brehm, Naum. 1856, p. 337 ; Heiigl. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. i. p. 329, note (1809). 

 Agrodromas campestris, Hume, Tins, 1871, p. 35 ; Saunders, t. c, 



p. 216; Bof/d. B. Cuuc. p. 110 (1879). 

 Anthiis campestris, ^. orieutalis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 67, 141 



(1873). 

 Anthiis campestris, y. brachycentrus, Severtz. t, c. pp. 67, 141 



(1873). 

 Agrodroma godlewskii, Taez. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ii. p. 158 



(1876) ; David ^ Oust. Ois. Cliine, p. 312 (1877) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 



1880, p. 188. 



I 



Foot of Anthus campestris. 



Hind claiu stout and slightly curved, equal to, and sometimes 

 exceeding, hind toe. Tarsus very long, nearly double the length 

 of hind toe and claw. Primaries equal, 1, 2, 3, 4, the latter a shade 

 shorter. Primaries eraarginate, 2, 3, 4 ; Jifth primary much shorter 

 than fourth, and less than long secondaries, which come between 

 fourth and fifth. Feet reaching to about two thirds of tail. 



Adult male. General colour above sandy, mottled with darker 

 centres to the feathers, less distinct on the hind neck, and impart- 

 ing a somewhat streaked appearance to the head ; the rump nearly 

 uniform ; least wing-coverts like the back ; greater and median 

 series dark brown, very broadly edged with clear sandy buff, in- 

 clining to whitish on the extreme margin of the feather ; primary- 

 coverts and primaries dark brown, narrowly margined vnih. sandy 

 buff, the secondaries broadly edged with the latter colour, exactly 

 like the greater wing-coverts; upper taU-coverts and two centre 



