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to white at the tip ; quills and tail-feathers blackish, externally 

 sandy buff, the outermost tail-feather pure white, the penultimate 

 one white only at the tip ; under surface of body light pink ; fore 

 neck, upper breast, flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts sandy buff, 

 the feathers mesiaUy streaked with dark brown, the thighs uniform' 

 pale sandy ; under wing-coverts white, dusky at their bases ; the 

 lower surface of the quills ashy brown, much paler along the inner 

 webs: ^' upper mandible brown, the under one paler; iris dark 

 brown " (T. Aijres). Total length 7-5 inches, eulmen 0-65, wing 3-4 

 tail 2-95, tarsus 1-25. ' 



Hah. South-eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Natal (R. S. Fellowes). Sharpe Collection. 



NOTE. 

 The following species of Pipits remain unidentified by me :— 



1. Anthtjs puscus, 



Alondra parda, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 6 (1805). 



Anthus fuscus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p 490 (1818)- 

 Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 10 (1847). v y ; 



Whetherthis is the same bird as the Anthus fuscus of Burmeister 

 (Th. Bras. iii. p. 120) can only be proved by the "receipt of specimens. 



2. Anthus pattensis. 



Authus paytensis, Less. Compl. Buf. viii. p. 107 (18-38): Gm,/, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 250, no. 3630 (1809). 



3. ANxmrs scapularis. 



Anthus scapularis, Lkht. Vers. Sa7mnl. Vog. Kaffernl. p. 13 (1842) 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 250, no. 3623 (1869). 



4. Antuxis pceciloptertjs. 



Anthus pcecilopterus, Netnoied; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 250, no. 36')9 

 (1869). 



5. Anthus fuliginosus. 



Anthus fuliginosus, Less. ; Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 250, no. 3626. 



