ANTlirs. 1Q9 



Anthus australis, Vi(j. cj- Ilomf. 



Antliiis austi-alis, T//ien. Fovtpflanz. ges. Vikj. tab. xxv fio- 12(184o-54)- 

 (imM Ilandh. Birds Aush: i. p. 39:^' (1865) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds 

 B M. X. p. (;io (1885) ; North, Nests S- E(,qs Austr. Birds, p lo8 

 i^^'iO)- Aehrlc. Knt. Eiersrmiml. p. 93 (1-99) ; Campbell, Nests & 



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The egors of the Auslraliaii Pipit are of a regular oval shape and 

 moderately glo.^sy. They are greyish-white, densely mottled with 

 brown and lavender. Specimens measure irom -86 to -91 in leno-th 

 and from •(> to -68 in breadth. " ' 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 19th Crowlev Beauest 

 Sept. (North Coll.). ' ^ 



1. Moreton Bay. Hould Coll 



0. Moreton Bay. fiould Coll. 

 -■ ^e"' «^"ith ^Va]es. Gould Coll. 



3. Dobroyd, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 



.3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 14th Oct. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



.3. Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Crowley Bequest 



;. &outh Australia. Gould Coll. 



■\- South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



■2 Tasznama. (J. Gould: Tristram Coll.). Crowlev Bequest 

 8. Australia. Carter Coll. 



Anthus novae-zealandiaB (Gmd.). 



(Plate V. figs. IG & 17.) 



Anthus novEe-zealandia>, Potts, Trans. Neiv Zeal. Inst, ii t, G1 (\Rm\ ■ 



Bulkr Birds Neiv Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 63 (1888) ; Nehrk Kat Eier- 

 samml. p. 93 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. V 151 (1906). 



Eggs of tje New Zealand Pipit are of an ordinary oval shape 



nl'otfl'!; fX ^^"!t\ ^^'^ "'" greyish-white, profusely 



mottled or spotted with brown, especially round the broad encl 

 where a wide confluent zone is sometimes formed. Thev measure 

 from -88 to -92 in length, and from -62 to -69 in breadth 



1. Ohristchurch, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow rp 1 

 J. ago (Croirfoot) (;,ovvley Bequest. ^' 



■ '^ ' Q ,^t7- ^*.'/"''""-)- Crowley Bejuest. 



1. Otago, 19th Dec. (Seymour). CrowWy Bequest. 



Anthus steindachneri, EeiscJiel: 

 Anthus steindachneri, Peisckek, Tr. N Z Inst. xxi. p. 388 (1889) ; Sharpe 

 Bull. B. O. a x.ii. no. xcvn. p. 59 (1903); id. Hand-l. y. p. 151 (iKj 



Two eggs of the Antipodes Island Pipit, in a very broken con 

 dition appear to have been of a rather long oval shape and are very 

 slightly glossed. Ihe ground-colour is greyish-white, finely mottled 



