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MOTACILLID^. 



April 



Sildiim Terai, 12tli May. 

 Sikhim Terai, IStli May. 

 Raipur, C. Provs., 15th 



(F. R. Blemtt). 

 Belcraum, 19th April {U. A. 



Butler). 

 Eeliraum, 2.3rd April (E. A. B.). 

 Beluaum, 9th May {F. A. B.). 

 Belfraiini, 10th Mav {E. A. B.). 

 Belijaum, 14th Juiie (E. A. B.). 

 ]?elg-aum, 26th June [E. A. B.). 

 Wvnand, S. luiiia. 

 Niio-hiri Hill.-:. 

 Kotag-herry, Nilohivi Hills, 5th 



April (Miss Coclcbiirii). 

 Kotasrherry, 



Cockburn). 

 Kotafflierry, 



Cockhiirn). 

 Kotad'eiry, 10th May {Miss 



Cockburn). 

 Klan?, Malay Peninsula, 29th 



March (IF. Drii'i.'^nn). 

 Klan?, 3rd April ( IF. B.). 

 Klano-, 23rd April ( W. D.). 

 Eiserat, Jalor, 18tli Julj'. 



loth April {Mi^s 

 3rd May [Miss 



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Anthus pratensis {Linn.). 



Anthus praten.sis. Thien. Fortpjlanz. r/es. Viig. tab. xxy. fipf. 8, «-c (1845- 

 64) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voq. itab. 35. fio:. 5 (1855-63) ; Heicitson. 

 Eqqs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 173^ pi. xliy. fig:?, i & ii (1856) : Dresser 

 Bi'rds Eur. in. p. 285 (1874) ; Seebohm ^- Harvie-Broim. Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 121 ; Scehohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 224, pi. 14 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat 

 Birds B. M. X. p. 580 (1885); Seehohm, Eqqs of Brit. Birds, p. 264, 

 pi. 58 a. fio-s. 9 & 10 (1896) ; Dresser, Manl Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 210 

 (1902) ; Radcliffe Saunders, Bull. B. 0. C. xiv. no. ciii. p. 42 (1904) 

 Hartert. Voq. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 275 (1905); Shar2)e, Hand-l. y. 

 p. 148 (1906). 



The ej?gs of the Meadow-Pipit are, for the most part, of a pointed 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. The ground-colour varies from 

 greyish- or brownish-white to pale stone-colour and sometimes it is 

 pale blue. The markings on the majority of the eggs are of various 

 shades of brown and underlying lavender or purplish-grey. On 

 some specimens they are very dense and form a confluent mass, 

 concealing nearly the whole of the ground-colour ; and on others 

 they are comparatively sparse and separate, permitting quite half of 

 the ground-colour to be seen. Some examples are almost uniformly 

 of a stone-colour, marked with a few spots and fine hair-lines of 

 dark brown or black ; others are very faintly mottled all over with 

 minute streaks and dots. A clutch of five eggs taken at Seasalter, 

 Faversham, are very abnormal in coloration. They are almost 

 uniform pale blue, with a few spots, blotches, or hair-streaks of 

 yellowish-brown, purple-brown, and lilac-grey, mostly confined to 



