3. ANXHUS. 609 



with sandy rufous, paler and more isabelliae on the primaries ; tail- 

 feathers dark sepia-brown, edged with isabelline-buff, the outer 

 feather pale sandy buff, with a mark of dark brown towards the 

 base of the inner web ; the penultimate feather similarly marked, 

 but having the brown on the inner web much more extended and 

 reaching nearly to the end of the feather ; the third feather with a 

 small tip of whitish ; head like the back, sandy rufous, with black 

 centres to the feathers ; the hind neck a little paler, and the black 

 markings smaller ; lores, eyebrow, and eyelid dull isabelline ; sides 

 of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks pale sandy rufous, slightly mottled 

 with blackish spots on the former ; throat isabelline-whitish, sepa- 

 rated from the cheeks by a malar streak of dusky blackish ; remainder 

 of under surface of body pale sandy rufous ; the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts isabelline ; lore neck and chest with a few triangular 

 spots of black, not extending on to the chest ; sides of body nar- 

 rowly striped with black ; axiUaries and under wing-coverts pale 

 sandy rufous ; quills dusky below, pale ashy rufous along the inner 

 web. Total length 5'5 inches, culmen O'o, wing 2-S5, tail 2'1, 

 tarsus 0-85. 

 Hah. Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Brazil (Sello). Sclater Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. Steppes near Curytiba, Brazil Sclater Collection. 



(A^atterer). 



28. Anthus peruvianus. 



Anthus rufus (nee Gm.), Scl. ^- Sulv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 173 ; Tac::. 



Orn. Perou, p. 460 (1884, pt.). 

 Anthus chii, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 506. 

 Anthus peruvianus, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 390. 



Hind claw about equal to hind toe. Tarsus about equal to hind 

 toe and claw combined. Primaries subequal, 1, 2, 3, 4; Jifth about 

 equal to long secondaries, which, again, are not quite so long as the 

 longest primaries. Primaries emarr/inate, 2, 3, 4. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above light brown, 

 mottled with black centres to the feathers ; the feathers of the mantle 

 duU white on their inner webs, forming two broad bands down 

 the centre of the back ; rump and upper tail-coverts slightly more 

 rufescent, and mottled with black centres to the feathers ; scapulars 

 and lesser wing-coverts uniform brown ; median and greater coverts 

 blackish brown, with broad edgings of ashy whitish, slightly tinged 

 with sandy buff on the outer ones ; bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts dusky brown, with ashy-fulvous edges ; quills dark brown, 

 edged with sandy riifous, the inner secondaries with didl white ; 

 tail-feathers dark brown, edged with pale sandy buff or dull 

 white, the two outer feathers pale smoky brown, with white 

 shafts and pale white tips, and having a mark of duU brown along 

 the outer web, confined to the terminal third of the external 

 feather ; head like the back, but rather darker, the black centres to 

 the feathers being more prominent ; a distinct eyebrow of dull 



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