610 MOTACILLID^. 



white ; ear-c averts pale brown, uniform ; cheeks and throat dull 

 white, separated by a narrow malar stripe of blackish spots ; re- 

 mainder of under surface dull white, the fore neck and breast with 

 a slight wash of sandy rufous, more distinct on the sides of the body 

 and flanks ; the fore neck and breast spotted with triangular mark- 

 ings of blackish brown, taking the form of longitudinal broad streaks 

 on the sides of the body and flanks ; thighs and under tail-coverts 

 bufFy white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts dull white, the 

 former slightly tinged with fulvous ; quills dusky below, ashy aloug 

 the inner web : " bill brown, with a large yellowish mark on the 

 base of the lower mandible ; feet and claws clear yellowish ; iris 

 dark brown " {JelsVi). Total length 5-25 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 

 2-55, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 5-25 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-4, tail 1-65, tarsus 0-8. 



Bah. Peru. 



rt. cj ad. sk. Catarindo Valley, Peru, Henry Whitely, Esq. [C.]. 



Sept. 12, 1867. (Type of species.) 



Islay, Sept. 17, 1867. Henry Whitelv, Esq. [C.]. 



Islav, Sept. 17 {H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Whitehi). 



Tinta, Sept. 1867 Sclater Collection. 



{IMiitehjl 



Lima {Nation). Sclater Collection. 



29. Anthus correndera. 



Alondra correndera, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 2 (1805). 



Anthus correndera, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 491 (1818) ; 



D'Orh. Vov.Amer.3Ierid.-p- 225(1834-44); Gould, in Bcanu. Votj. 



' Beagle,'' Birds, p. 85 (1841) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 10 (1847) ; 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 206 (1847); Bp. Consp. i. p. 249 (1850); 



Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 9o ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 384 ; Abbott, 



Ibis, 1861, p. 153; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 24 (1862); id. P.Z.S. 



1867, p. 321 ; Scl. (§- Sah: P. Z. S. 1868, p. 139 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 250, no. 3621 (1869) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 548 ; Hudson, 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 371 ; Scl. Sf Salv. Notnencl. Av. Neotr. p. 8 (1873) ; 



Pelz. Ibis, 1876, p. 331 ;• I)urnf. Ibis, 1877, pp. 32, 168 ; Scl. Ibis, 



1878, p. 362 ; Durnf. Ibis, 1880, p. 424 ; Barroius, Bull. Nutt. Dim. 



Club, viii. p. 87 (1883) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, p. 458 (1884). 

 Corydalla chilensis, Less. Descr. Mannn. et Ois. p. 298 (1838). 

 Anthus rufus, Baird, Beview Amer. B. p. 474 (1861) ; Durnf. Ibis, 



1876, p. 158. 

 Anthus mrcatus (iiec Lafr. i<f D'Orb.), Sclater, Cat. Amer. B. p. 24 



(1862). 

 Anthus sp., Baird, Revieiu Amer. B. p. 168 (1864). 

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



Hind claw rather straight, equal to hiud toe in length (when 

 worn about equal), often a little longer when not worn. Tar- 

 sus a little shorter than hind toe and claw combined ; when the 

 latter is worn, a little longer or about equal. Primaries subequcd, 1, 

 2, 3, 4 ; Jifth decidedly shorter and about equal to the long secon- 



