DENDHANTIIUS. ANTnUS. 89 



GeuuH DENDRANTHU3, Bh/lh. 



Dendranthus indicus {Gmel.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 22.) 



Liinoiiidroimis indicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 5:12 (ISSo) ; Tacz. 



Faiinc Orn. 8iber. Orient. 13.390 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eicrsaminl. 



p. m (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Fal. Birds, pt. i. p. 209 (1902j. 

 Dendrantlius indicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 144 (19()(!). 

 Dendronauthus iadica, Ilartert, Voff. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 309 (1905). 



Two eggs of the Forest Wagtail are of aa ordinary oval 

 shape and perfectly devoid of gloss. They are grey with a purple 

 tinge, marked with spots and small blotches of umber-brown and 

 underlying lilac-grey. They measure respectively -8 by -ob and "77 

 by -57. 



2. Ussuri River, E. Siberia {Dorries : Crowley Bequest. 

 Nehrkorn Cull.). 



Genus ANTHUS, Bechst. 



Anthus chloris, Licht. 



(Plate V. figs. 1 & 2.) 



Antlius cliloris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 539 (1885); Stark, 

 Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 243 (1900) ; Shelleij, Birds Afr. ii. p. 295 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 144 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Small Yellow-tufted Pipit are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour 

 is white or yellowish-white, densely speckled and spotted all over 

 with dull laveiider-grej' and yellowish-brown, the marking being 

 somewhat more dense round the larger end. They measure 

 respectively : "9 by 'oo ; -82 by '6 ; '82 by •59. 



3. Suuth Africa {Noakes). Crowley Bequest. 



Anthus trivialis, Linn. 



Anthus arboreus, Thien. F^ortpflanz. ges. Tofj. tab. xxv. fig. 7, a-e 

 (1845-54); Heicitson, Fijys of Brit. Birds, i. p. 171, pi. xliii. 

 (1856) ; Seehoh7n, Brit. Birds, "ii. p. 219. pi. 14 (1884) ; id., Etjjs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 263, pi. 58 a. figs. 5-8 (1896). 



Deudronantlnis arboreus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vcig. tab. 38. fig. 8 

 (1855-63). 



Anthus trivialis, DressM-, ^tV<?« ^m?-. iii. p. 309 (1874); Tri^tr. F\iuna 

 ^- Flora Palest, p. 56 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 543 

 (1885); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. ji. 211 (1902); Xeirfon, 

 Ootheca WoUeyuna, p. 366 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 145 (liOli). 



Anthus trivialis trivialis, Hartert, Voff. Pal. Faun. jit. iii. p. 272 (1905). 



The eggs of the Tree-Pipit are mostly of a broad, pointed oval 

 shape, but occasionally they arc rounded at the smaller end. They 



