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Inner secondaries do not reach to the end ot" the longest 

 ])rimaries. 



Ouhnen longer, slenderer, and less arched than in birds 

 of the same size among the leucoplirus-gvo\\\i. 



An thus s. similis. 



Anthus similis Jerdon, Madr. Journ. \I. 1840, p. 35 : 

 Jalna, Hyderabad (Deccan), about *20() miles E. by N. of 

 Bombay City. 



Anthus cockhurnice Gates, Fauna Brit. India, ii. 1890 : 

 Nilgiri Hills, S. India. 



36 examined. 



Darker than jerdoni and wing slightly smaller. Resident 

 in the hills of southern India. 



Anthus s. jerdoni. 



Antlius jerdoni Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. 1872^ p. 24 : 

 Kotgurh, N.W. Himalayas near Simla. 



29 examined. 



Paler and larger than similis. Paler (more sandy) and 

 more uniformly marked than sordidus, hararensis, or arahicus. 

 Distinctly yellower than captus or decaptus, the under parts 

 being more fulvous than hararensis but not so dark as in 

 sordidus. Wing 91-104, culmen 18-20. 



Breeds in (Jashmir and in the Himalayas at Murree, Sinda, 

 Chakrata, and Mussoorie, perhaps east to Sikkiin. In winter 

 birds descend to the plains of the Punjab and to the Delira 

 district. 



Anthus s. decaptus. 



Anthus s. decaptus Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. C. xli. 

 1920, p. 23 : Rud-i-Taman, eastern Persia. 



45 examined. 



Very similar to captus but larger. In fresh autumn and 

 worn plumage the colour of the upper parts does not differ 

 from captus, but in autumn plumage the lower parts are 

 more ochreous, and in winter and worn plumage the lower 

 parts are not so white as in captus. The s})otting on the 

 breast is usually better defined than in captus. 



