104 



MOTACILLID^. 



Anthus blakistoni, SivinJi. 

 (Plate V. fig. 21.) 



Anthus 'blakistoni, Siuinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 90; Sha)-})e, Hand-l. v. p. 149 



(1906). 

 Anthus spinoletta blakistoni, Ilurtert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 282 



(1905). 



Eight eggs of Blakiston's Pipit vary from a broad to a rather pointed 

 oval shape and are slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, 

 clouded, mottled, and blotched with brown. In the set of eggs from 

 the Pamir the markings are somewhat sparingly distributed ; while 

 in those from Japan they are dense and obscure much of the ground- 

 colour, especially towards the larger end. They vary from "78 to 

 •8 in length, and from '56 to -62 in breadth. 



5. Gulcha, Pamir, Central Asia, 24th 



May. 

 3. Fujiyama, Honda, Japan, 10th 



J illy. 



St. George Littledale, Esq. 



[P.], 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Anthus pennsylvanicus (Lath.). 



Anthus 



ludoviciauus, Cones, Birds N.- West., p. 40 (1874) ; Baird, 



Brewer l^ Ridgtc. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 171 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds 



JEur. iii. p. 331 (1878); Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 108 (1880). 

 Anthus spinoletta, var. ludoviciauus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 249, 



pi. 14 (1884). 

 Anthus pennsylvanicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 596 (1885) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 93 (1899) ; Sharjje, Hand-l. v. p. 149 



(1906). 

 Anthus spinoletta pensilvaiiica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 282 



(1905). 



The eggs of the American Pipit are inseparable from those of 

 A. spipoletta and A. ohscurus. They vary from -72 to -9 in length, 

 and from "6 to "63 in breadth. 



North America. 

 Hudson's Bay. 

 Labrador. 

 Labrador. 

 Labrador. 

 Labrador. 



Labrador (Tristram Coll.'). 

 Mt. Evans, Clear Creek Co., 

 Colorado, 25th June (F. Lewis). 



Old Collection. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



Anthus ohscurus (Lath.). 



Anthus aquaticus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 10 a-c 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Fggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 174, pi. xliv. tig iii 

 (1856). 



Anthus obscm-us, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 343 (1877) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, ii. p. 244, pi. 14 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 599 



