3. ANTHUS. 575 



Corydalla rufula, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. Cat. p. 121 (1852) ; 



Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 232 (1863) ; Bhjth, Ibis, 1867, p. 31 ; Pe!z. Ibis, 



186S, p. 312; Blanf. Ibis, 1870, p. 469; Holdsio. P. Z. S. 1872, 



p. 458 ; Hume, Nests and Eqgs Ind. B. p. 384 ( 1873) ; Brooks, St?: 



F. 1873, p. 359; Adam, t. c. p. 384; Ball, Sfr. F. 1874, p. 416; 



Hume, t. c. p. 497, 1875, p. 142; Brooks, f.c. p. 252; Butler 8r 



Hume, t. c. p. 490; Bh/th ^- Wald. B. Burin, p. 96 (1875) ; Fairb. 



Sir. F. 1876, p. 260; Armstr. t. c. p. 330: Bonrd. t. c. p. 401; 



Hume, t. c. p. 458; Fairb. Str. F. 1877, p. 407 ; Hume &,• Davis. 



Str. F. 1878, p. 360 ; Davids. ^- Wenden, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 84 ; 



Bcdl, t. c. p. 220 ; Cripps, t. c. p. 288 ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind ^x. p. 41 



(1870); Lec/f/e, B. Ceylon, p. 625 (1879); Hume, Str. F. 1879, 



p. 103; Scuily,t.c.^.in; Butler, t.c.T^.SSQ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. 



P-es. p. 56 (1880) ; Vidal, Str. F. 1880, p. 69; Reid, Str. F. 1881, 



p. 49 ; Davids. Str. F. 1882, p. 310 ; Oates, B. Brit. Burju. i. p. 168 



(1813) ; Davison, Str. F. 1883, p. 397. 

 Corydalla hasselti, Brehm, Naiim. 1856, p. 463; Salcad. Ucc. Born, 



p. 262 (1874). 

 Corydalla rasselti, Brehm, Naum. 1856, p. 463. 

 Anthus hasselti, Schl. Handl. Dierk. p. 263 (1857, ex Temm. MSS.) ; 



Grail, Hand-l. B. i. p. 252, no. .3655 (1869). 

 Anthus medius. Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 488 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 252, no. 3654 (1869). 

 Anthus, sp., Antin. ^ Salvad. Viaxjg. Bogos, p. 110 (1873). 

 Corydalla malavensis, Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 310 ; Hume ^ Davis. 



Str. F. 1878", p. 366 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 65 ; Kelham, Ibis, 



1881, p. 518. 

 Corydalla lugubris, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 547, 696, 762, 828 ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 286, 380, 710 ; Wardlaio Ramsay , Orn. Works 



Tweedd. p. 658 (1881). 

 CorydaDa ubiquitaria, Anders. Zool. Yun-nan Exped., Aves, p. 306 



(1878). 



Hind daw slender and curved, a trifle longer than the hind toe 

 itself ; when the claw is worn they are about equal. Tarsus much 

 longer than hind toe and claw combined. Primaries equal, 2, 3, 4 ; 

 X\iejirst almost of the same length, and scarcely perceptibly shorter ; 

 Jifth primary much shorter, less than the long innermost secondaries. 

 Feet not reaching to the end of the tail (in skin). Primaries 

 emarginate, 2, 3, 4. 



Adult male. General aspect above mottled, the plumage rather 

 clear sandy brown, with distinct blackish centres to all the feathers, 

 the margins of the mantle-plumes slightly ashy ; lower back and 

 rump perfectly uniform sandy ash-brown ; wing-coverts more 

 strongly mottled than the back, the feathers with blackish bases 

 and broad sandy rufous margins, edged with creamy whitish at their 

 ends ; inner, median, and greater coverts, bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts blackish, edged with ashy rufous ; quills blackish, externally 

 sandy rufous, the primaries narrowly edged with whitish ; inner 

 secondaries very broadly margined with pale sandy buff; upper 

 tail-coverts sandj' brown, with dusky brown centres ; tail-feathers 

 blackish, narrowly edged with sandy brown, the two centre feathers 

 more broadly edged with sandy buff, inclining to white near the 

 tips, the outermost feather almost entirely white, excepting a dusky 



