604 MOTACILLIDJ?;. 



Adult. General colour above Lark-like, the feathers strongly 

 marked, black in the centre with fulvous-brown edgings, inclining 

 to butfy white on the extreme margins of the feathers, especially 

 on those of the hind neck ; scapulars somewhat more uniform 

 and darker brown, the blackish centres not quite so strongly pro- 

 nounced ; least wing-coverts like the scapulars ; median series and 

 greater coverts and quills dark brown, with broad margins of duU 

 fulvous, rather paler and whiter on the edges of the secondaries ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers dark brown, edged with dull 

 fulvous, and tipped with smoky brown, more distinctly on the 

 penultimate feather, the outer tail-feathers smoky brown, inclining 

 to whity brown on the outer web and at the tip, and obliquely dark 

 brown on the inner web : lores, an indistinct eyebrow, and sides of 

 face deep fulvous, mottled with spots of blackish brown at the tips 

 of the ear-coverts and cheek-feathers ; throat and under surface of 

 body deep fulvous, paler on the chin, the fore neck marked with 

 large triangular spots of black, the sides of the body deeper fulvous 

 and marked with broad longitudinal streaks of black ; under wing- 

 coverts dull fulvous, those near the edge of the wing mottled with 

 brown ; quills brown below, dull rufescent along the inner web : 

 " bill black, the base of the lower mandible whitish ; legs, feet, and 

 nails delicate flesh-colour; iris dark hazel" {L. Fraser). Total 

 length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-35, tail 2-45, tarsus 0-95. 



Hah. Andes of Peru, Bohvia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Yenezuela. 



a. 2 ad. Upper Paramo Region, Me- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



rida, Venezuela, August 

 {A. Goering). 



b. cJ ad. Paramo, Pamplona, Colom- Salvm-Godman Coll. 



bia, 10,-500 feet (C. W. 

 Wyatt). 



c. Juv. sk. Colombia. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Bogota. J. Gould, Esq. 



e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Collection. (Type 



of species.) 



f. 2 ad. sk. Titiacun, Eucador, June (L. Sclater Collection. 



Frase)-). 



ff, h. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater CoUection. 



i. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Pasto, Ecuador (Lehtnann). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



/, m. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador ((7. BucMi'i)). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. (S ad. sk. Jmiin, Peru, May 21 {Jclski). Sclater Collection. 



24, Anthus antarcticus. 



Anthus antarcticus, Cah. J. f. O. 1884, p. 254. 



Adult male. General colour above dark sandy rufous, broadly 

 streaked with black, the feathers of the mantle edged with pale 

 sandy buff ; head a little lighter than the back, and streaked with 

 black in the same manner, tbe hind neck less strongly streaked ; 

 lesser and median wing-coverts dark sandy rufous, with blackish 

 bases ; greater coverts blackish, edged with sandy rufous, paler at 



