605 



tips; bastard-wmg and primary-coverts aud quills blackish mar- 

 gined with sandy buff, whitish on the edges of the primarie 'uTer 

 tail-coverts and tail-feathers blackish, ed'ied with sandy rnfousThe 

 outer feather smoky brown, fulvescent whitish towards the base 

 with an obhque mark of blackish on the inner web • over the eve « 

 streak of lightex fulvous, lined with black ; ear'coverts dark sSidy 

 rnfous, with a broad black line along the lower margin ; lores and 

 eyelid pale sandy buff; cheeks sandy buff, separated from the 

 throat by a distinct malar line of black ; und^r silrface of Sr ch 

 andy buff, paler on the throat, the abdomen and under tai -cove^^s 

 sabelline; thighs uniform tawny rufous, contrasting strongh w th 



black 'tlf "f I' ''''''''' '^' '^'''' slightly^treakec w th 



back, the fore neck, breast, and sides of the body with verv broad 

 black centres to the feathers, the breast less broadly strlaTed ;• h 



S hi ^^°^-^°T*' """^ ^^^^^^"^^ ^^'^ «'^^dy' rufous ; qums 

 dusky below, ashy rufous along the inner web. Total len<^th 

 6-4 inches, culmen 0;G5, wing 3-15, tail 2-75, tarsus 0-95 ° 



Mao. bouth Georgia. 



«. 6 ad. sk. South Georgia (ex Hamb. Sclater Collection. (One of 

 "*•-'• the t}-pical specimens.) 



25. Anthus furcatus. 



Anthus brevirostris, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 507. 



Hind daw short and only slightly curved, about as long as hind 

 toe or a little shorter than it. Tarsus slightlv exceeding the Teno-fch 

 of the hmd toe and claw combined. Primaries s^^bcquaJ, I, 034 

 fifth about equal to long secondaries and a little shorter than fourth' 

 Primaries emarr/mate, 2, 3, 4, 5. iouiun. 



ihftV""^'\ General colour above Lark-like aud strongly mottled, 

 the feathers being black in the centre, with pale, sandy-rufous 

 edgmgs ; the hind neck rather paler, and the blak centresVn aUe 

 du kv hi' Ti'f ' ^^'^S-coverts nearly uniform sandy rufous, wi^th 



sSt th ftl !^ "°''^^' '"'''''^''^^ '^' ^''^'''- coverts with 



slight ashj -fulvous edgings near their ends ; bastard-wing and pri- 

 mary-coverts and yuiUs dusky brown, edged with duU sandy rufou. 

 paler and more ashytulvous on the secondaries, the primaries white 

 along the margin, the first one being conspicuouslv white elter! 

 nally ; lower back and rump marked like the back,"'but the black 

 centres not so pronounced ; upper tail-coverts blacldsh, with ashy 

 margins; tail-feathers blackish brown, the inner ones wa led 

 with ashy whitish externally: outer taU-feather white, with the 

 shaft white for more than half way, brownish towards the end 

 with a light-brown shade toward the tip of the outer web and an 



