358 Mr. P, L. Sclater on the Neotropical Pipits. 



being but slightly shorter than the first four^ which are equal 

 and longest'^. 



Fip-. 1. 



a. Wing-end of Anthus bogotensis, from "within. 

 h. Foot of ditto. 



This Pipit appears to be exclusively an inhabitant of the 

 grassy districts on the higher Andes. It was first discovered 

 by D'Orbigny in Bolivia, on the grassy plateau of Biscachal, 

 not far from Carcuata, in the province of Yungas_, at an ele- 

 vation of about 10_,000 feet above the sea-level. I have 

 examined D^Orbigny's type in the Paris Museum. Mr. 

 Buckley obtained specimens at Sical, in Bolivia, which are 

 now in Salvin and Godman's collection. Mr. Jelski met 

 with it at Maraynioc and Junin, in Central Peru ; one of his 

 skins is in my collection. Mr. Fraser obtained a single ex- 

 ample (also in my collection) in June 1858, in Ecuador, near 

 Titiacun, high up on the volcano El Altar, " running on 

 the ground amongst the grass; ^^ and I have other examples 

 from the district of Quito. Further north Mr. Wyatt ob- 

 tained the same species on the Paramo of Pamplona, U. S. of 

 Columbia, and Mr. Goering near Merida, in Venezuela, " in 

 the upper Paramo region;" so that it is doubtless widely dis- 

 tributed over the higher Andes of South America. 



My original description of Anthus bogotensis was based 

 upon " Bogota " skins, of which I have seen many. I have 



* Cf. Baird (Rev. Am. Birds, p. 157), who has consequently made this 

 species the type of his ^eniis Pfdioc oi-ys. 



