580 MOTACILLID^. 



the lower mandible a line of dark brown spots passes back- 

 wards and downwards ; the sides of the neck and the breast 

 dull white tinged with buff, with numerous elongated spots ; 

 belly and lower tail-coverts dull white tinged with brown, 

 the flanks streaked with dark brown : legs, toes and claws, 

 light brown ; the hind claws slender, slightly curved, and as 

 long as the toe. 



The plumage assumed at the autumnal moult has a rich 

 tinge of olive mixed with the light brown above, and the lower 

 surface is enlivened by an ochreous-yellow. 



The whole length is about six inches. From the carpal 

 joint to the end of the second and longest primary, three 

 inches to three inches and one-eighth : the third, fourth and 

 fifth primaries are nearly equal in length to the second. 



Young birds have the olivaceous and yellow tints similar 

 to those of the parents in autumn. 



This species was removed by Kaup from the genus Antlms 

 and placed in one which he named Leimoniptera, or to spell 

 the word correctly Limonoptera. That eccentric systematist 

 left only the bird next to be described and the Tawny Pipit 

 in the genus Anthus. 



Though Pipits are known to vary much in size, the 

 extreme case of a specimen obtained near Brighton and 

 recorded by Mr. Wonfor (Zool. s.s. p. 1561) deserves men- 

 tion. This is now in Mr. Monk's collection, and is said to 

 measure only five inches and one-eighth in length, while the 

 other dimensions are in proportion. 



