598 MOTACILLIDa;. 



collections ; it is figured by Swainson in the ' Fauna Boreali- 

 Americana,' but the only specimen I have seen is one in the Sclater 

 coUection from Western Mexico, probably shot in full plumage just 

 before its departure for its breeding-haunts. All the other specimens 

 collected in northern latitudes are more brown on the upper surface 

 and show more or less spotting on the breast, which is a dull fawn- 

 buff. It may be surmised therefore that only very old males gain the 

 uniform vinous-breasted dress, and the females in all probability are 

 always spotted on the breast. 



Hah. North America everywhere, migratory. Breeds in high 

 latitudes and in the Eocky Mountains above timber-line as far 

 south as Colorado. Winters in Central America, from Mexico to 

 Guatemala. Accidental in Europe. 



a. Ad. sk. Ai-ctic America. Sir G. Back [P.]. 



h,c. c? 2 ad. sk. Eepulse Bay. Dr. Rae [P.], 



d 9 ad. sk, Hudson's Bay Tenitory, Gould CoUection. 



May 22. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Labrador {Coues), Sclater Collection. 



/. c5' ad. sk. Fort Simpson, May. B. E. "Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



g, h. Juv. sk. Fort Simpson, September. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



i. Ad.sk Rocky Mountains, Canada Gould Collection. 



(Blahiston). 



k. Juv. sk. Souris River, Dakota, Sept. 2 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{E. Coues). 



I. Juv. sk. United States. Sclater Collection. 



m. cJimm.sk. District of Columbia, Oct. 29 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(jE. Coues). 



n. 2 ad. sk. Fort Bridger, Utah, May Gould CoUection. 



(3 {Drexler). 



0. Imm. sk. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [C.l. 



«, q. Imm. sk. W. side of Rocky Moimtains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [0.]. 

 r. 5juv.sk. Petaliuna, California (£aiV<f). Sclater CoUection. 

 s. Juv. sk. California. Lord Walsingham[P.]. 



t. S fid. sk. Western Mexico. Sclater Collection. 



le. Juv. sk. Duenas, Guatemala, Feb. Sclater Collection. 



{Salvin). 

 tj, ?(;, .r. Imm. sk. Dueiias, Dec. & Jan. (0. 6'.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Subsp. /3. Anthus japonicus. 



Anthus pratensis japonicus, Temm. ^ Schl. Faun, Japon., Aves, p. 59, 

 pi. 24 (1850). 



Anthus japonicus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 248 (1850) ; WMtely, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 198 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 251, no. 3648 (1869) ; Dyboivski, J. 

 f. O. 1873, p. 85 ; Tacz. J.f. O. 1876, p. 194 ; id. Bidl. Soc. Zool. 

 'France, ii. p. 158 (1876) ; Prjev. in Sou-ley^ s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 194 

 (1877); Brooks, Ibis, 1877, p. 207; Blakist. §■ Fryer, Ibis, 1878, 

 p. 280 ; Seehohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 34 ; Fyboioski, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 1883, p. 361 ; Blakist. Chrys. ii. p. 30 (1883) ; id. Amended List B. 

 Japan, p. 52 (1884)._ 



Anthus pratensis, var. japonicus, Schrenck, Beis. Amurl. p. 336 (1859) : 

 Badde, Beis. Sibir.', Vbg. p. 222 (1863). 



Anthus ludovicianus, Seehohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 38. 



Said by Mr. Seehohm to be the same as A. pennsylvanicus. 1 



