birds of india. 



The Rufols Rock-pipit. 



Descr, — Upper parts dusky olive-brown, the feathers more or 

 less edged with pale ferruginous, deepest on the margins of the 

 wing-feathers ; beneath, and superciliary stripe, ferruginous, 

 with narrow brown streaks on the foreneck and breast ; chin and 

 throat dull white ; tail, with its outermost feathers dark, obliquely 

 tipped for its terminal third with ruddy whitish, which extends up 

 the narrow outer web to near its base ; and the penultimate feather 

 is tipped, for about ^ of an inch only, with the same. 



Bill dusky, pale at the base of lower mandible ; legs fleshy ; 

 irides brown. Length 8^ inches ; wing S-p^ ; tail 3^% ; tarsus ly\j ; 

 hind toe j*^ ; hind claw y^^, considerably curved. 



I procured this fine Pipit on the Segoor Pass of the Neilgherries, 

 seated on rocks by the road side, and occasionally descending to 

 the road to feed on various insects. I believe that it breeds on the 

 hills, for I procured one specimen in nestling plumage. It has 

 hitherto I believe not been noticed by any other observer in this 

 country. Out of India it is only hitherto recorded from Abyssinia, 

 but it will probably be found in various parts of Western 

 Asia. 



604. Agrodroma sordida; Ruppell. 



Anthus, apud RiiPPELL, N. W. pi. 39, f. 9 — A. similis, apud 

 Jerdon, Cat. 193 (in part) ; and Blyth, Cat. 754 (in part). 



The Brown Hock-pipit. 



Descr.— Vevy similar to the last ; colors duller, and not so ru- 

 fous, being of a dull earthy brown, darker on the wings and tail, 

 the feathers edged })aler ; a fawn coloured superciliary stripe, and 

 a faint brown mandibular stripe ; beneath, the chin and throat 

 whitish, and the rest of the body rufescent-vinous or fawn color, 

 with a few indistinct brown blotches ; central tail-feathers dark 

 brown ; outer ditto rufescent. 



Length 7^ to 8 inches ; wing nearly 4 ; tail 3^ ; bill at front f ; 

 tarsus 1^ ; hind toe and claw ^n. 



I procured specimens of this large Pipit at Jalna in the Dcccan, 

 on rocky ground, and at the edge of stony ravines ; also on stony 



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