3. ANTHXJS. 617 



Anthus aucklandicus, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 224 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 252, no. 3657 (1869j. 



Eind claw very stout, rather curved, about equal to hind toe. 

 Tarsus longer than hind toe and claw combined. Primaries suh- 

 equal, 1, 2, 3,i •,Jifth primary about equal to long secondaries, 

 which are not equal to long primaries. Primaries sinuated, 2, 3, 

 4,5. 



Adult. Above brown, mottled with dark-brown centres, and with 

 olivaceous margins to the feathers, the hind neck rather paler, and 

 the head slightly more streaked than the back ; rump rather more 

 uniform than the back ; wing-coverts and quills brown, with paler 

 and more whity-brown edges to the feathers, the secondaries broadly 

 edged with olivaceous like the back ; upper tail-coverts and centre 

 tail-feathers brown, edged with greyish buif ; rest of the tail brown, 

 narrowly edged with lighter brown, the two outer feathers pure 

 white, with an oblique mark of brown along the inner web, this 

 brown mark darker and broader on the penultimate feather, which 

 has a brown shaft ; the outermost feather with a fainter brown 

 mark and a white shaft ; lores and a broad eyebrow white, as also 

 a ring of feathers round the eye ; a dusky-brown streak drawn from 

 the base of the bill through the eye, and continued along the upper 

 edge of the ear-coverts; sides of face dull white, mottled with brown 

 edgings to the feathers ; under surface of body dull white, the 

 breast with triangular spots of dusky brown, developing into longi- 

 tudinal streaks on the sides and flanks, the sides of the body being 

 brown ; under wing-coverts light fulvous, with greyish bases to the 

 feathers ; quills brown below, shaded with ashy on the inner webs : 

 " bill and legs yellowish brown ; iris dark brown " (Bulkr). Total 

 length 6-6 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-45, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-95. 



The winter plumage appears to differ in having broader edges to 

 the feathers, thus presenting a more uniform upper surface, espe- 

 cially on the scapulars, lower back, and rump. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being paler and more meal^, 

 the hind neck especially so ; the feathers of the back dark brown, 

 with pale straw-yellow margins, less distinct on the lower back and 

 rump ; wing-coverts and quills broadly edged with straw-colour ; 

 below duU white, the brown spots on the breast and sides of the 

 body narrow and indistinct. 



Bab. New Zealand ; Auckland Islands ; Chatham Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. New Zealand, June 20 Gould Collection. 



{J. Macqillivray). 



b. S juv. ; c. 5 New Zealand {F. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 ad. sk. Stram/e). 



d. Juv. sk. New Zealand. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



e,/. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Antarctic Expedition. 



gjh. Ad. sk. • New Zealand. Lieut. A. Smith [P.]. 



i, k, I. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Sir E. Home [P.]. 



m,n, o, p. Ad. sk. Auckland Islands. Antarctic Expedition [C.]. 



