94 



iioTAcriJ.inji:. 



Anthus sordidus, Eiipp. 



(Plate V. figs. 7 & 8.) 



Antluis sordidus, Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 560 (l8So) [part.]; 

 Nehrh. Kat. Ek-rmmml. p. 92 (1899) : Shelhxj, Birds Afr. ii. p. 314 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 146 ^19^J). 



The eggs of the Dingy liock-Pipit are of a blunt oval form, 

 approaching the elliptical, and are but very slightly glossed. Thev 

 are white, thickly mottled and blotched with deep umber-brown and 

 underlying purplish-grey. The markings are very evenly distributed 

 over the entire surface of the egg. Four examples measure 

 respectively : "9 by "67 ; '9 by "66 ; -89 by -Go ; '92 by •67. 



2. Adho Ulmellus, Sokotra, 3700 feet Roval Society [P.]. 



( W. R. OgUvie-Grant ^ H. 0. 



Forbes). 

 2. Iladibii Plain, Sokotra, loth Dec. Royal Society [P.]. 



(jr. R. O.-G.Sf H. O. F.). 



Anthus cockburniae, Oates. 

 (Plate V. fig. 9.) 



Autbus sordidus, Sharpe {nee R'ipp.), Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. r^HO (188-5) 

 [part.] ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests S;- Er/f/s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 212 (1890). 



Antliui oockbumiie, Oates, Fauaa Brit. Ltd., Birds, ii. p. 305 (1890); 

 Shar2x; Hai,d-l. v. p. 147 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Rufous Rock-Pipit closely resemble those of 

 A. sordidus • the fourth, as shown in the Plate, is of quite a different 

 type, the ground-colour being white rather sparingly marked with 

 small blotches and spots of purplish-brown and lilac-grey, the 

 markings being most numerous round the large end, where they 

 form an irregular zone. They measure respectively : '81 by '61 ; "87 

 by -62; -89 by -65; -92 by -64. 



4. Nilghiri Hills, S. India {Miss Hume Coll. 



Coclchirn). 



Anthus jerdoni, Fi.nscJi. 



Agrodroma jerdoni, Wardlaw Ramsay, This, 1880, p. 61. 



Anthus jerdoni, .SViar/je, Cat. Birds B. M. s.. p. o()2 (1885); Oates,ed. 



Hume, Nests l^- Et)gs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 212 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 147 (1906). 

 Anthus similis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 306 (1890) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. {Suppl.) p. 151 (1895) ; id., Man. Pal. Birds, 



pt. i. p. 220 (1902). 

 Anthus leucophrys jerdoni, Hartert, T5g. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 270 



(1905). 



The eggs of the Brown Rock-Pipit are of a blunt oval form and 

 very slightly glossy. Tliey are white, rather thicldy speckled and 

 blotched with reddish-brown and purplish-grey. Five examples 

 measure from '82 to "88 in length, and from '(Jl to '65 in breadth. 



