302 motacilliDjE. 



b"'. Upper plumage suffused with green 

 with small ill-defined streaks : 



supercilium white posteriorly .... A. maculatus, p. 304. 

 b". Streaks on lower plumage narrow and 

 brown ; light parts of tail-feathers 

 pale rufous. 

 c". Upper plumage dark brown ; streaks 



on breast well defined A. cockburnice, p. 305. 



d"'. Upper plumage ashy brown ; streaks 



on breast ill defined A, similis, p. 306. 



V. Pale tip of inner web of penultimate tail- 

 feather large, about one third the length 

 of feather ; next feather with a distinct 



tip A. nilyiriensis, p. 305. 



b. Hind claw exceeding hind toe in length. 

 c' Sides of body plain or very obsoletely 

 streaked, 

 c". General colour of lower plumage sandy 

 buff or fulvous. 

 e'". Breast spotted or streaked. 



a 4 . Upper plumage brown with broad 

 dark centres to the feathers. 

 a 5 . Wing 3 - 5 or more. 



a 6 . Tarsus 1-2 to 1-3 A. richardi, p. 307. 



V". Tarsus 1 to 1-1 A. striolatus, p. 308. 



b'\ Wing about 3 A. rufulus, p. 308. 



b\ Upper plumage sandy with faint [p.0>. 



centres to the feathers. . . , A. campestris, juv., 



/"'. Breast plain A. campestris, ad., p. 309. 



d" . General colour of lower plumage vin- 

 ous A. spinoletta, ad., p. 312. 



d'. Sides of body coarsely streaked with 

 black or dark brown. 

 e". Axillaries and under wing-coverts 



yellow A. rosaceus, p. 311. 



f. Axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 whitish or brownish. 

 (/'". Throat and breast cinnamon-red . . A. cervinus, ad., p. 310. 

 h'". Throat and breast whitish or pale 

 fulvous. 

 c 4 . Streaks on breast very broad, black 

 and well defined. 

 c 5 . Upper plumage black with ful- 

 vous margins A. cervinus, juv., p. 310. 



d 5 . Upper plumage olive-brown with 



darker centres to the feathers . A. japonicus, juv., p. 312. 

 d x . Streaks on breast narrow, pale 



and ill-defined A. spinoletta, juv., p. 312. 



840. Anthus trivialis. The Tree-Pijnt. 



Alauda trivialis, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i, p. 288 (1766). 



Alauda plumata, P. L. S. Midi. Natursyst. Suppl. p. 137 (1776). 



Anthus arboreus, Bechst. Naturg. DeuUchl. iii, p. 706 (1807) ; Horsf. 



Sf M. Cat. i, p. 354. 

 Anthus agilis, Sykes, P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 91 ; Brooks, S. F. iv, p. 278. 

 Dendronanthus trivialis (Linn.), Blyth, Cat. p. 135. 



