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a'" Ur per plumage suffused with 



green, with small ill-defined streaks ; 



supercilium white posteriorly ; , . . . 



Anthus hodgsoni. 



h. Hind claw exceeding hind toe in 



length ; 



b' Sides of body plain or faintly 

 streaked ; 



b" Lower plumage sandy buff, or 



fulvous, breast spotted and streaked ; 



. . Anthus richardi. 



c" Lower plumage vinaceous ; . . ; 



Anthus hlahistoni, adult. 



c' Sides of the body coarsely streaked 



with black or dark brown ; 



d" Throat and breast cinnamon 

 red ; . Anthus cervinus, adult, 

 e" Throat and breast whitish, or 

 pale fulvous ; 



b' " Upper plumage with fulvous 



margins ; Anthus cervinus, young. 



c' " Upper plumage olive brown, 



dark centers; . . AiitMis japonicus, 



young. 



f" Streaks on breast narrow, pale ; 



Anthus hlahistoni, young. 



g" Throat and breast white, feet pale; 



Anthus japonicus, adult. 



h" Above richly streaked black upon 



fulvous ; Anthus gustavi. 



EICHAED'S PIPIT. 



ANTHUS EICHAEDI, VIELL. 



Description. — Length about seven 

 and one half inches. 



Bill, upper mandible dark brown, 

 lower one paler. Mouth yellow. 

 Tarsus yellowish brown, toes lighter, 

 hind claw very long, not much curved. 

 Iris dark brown. 



Yellowish olive above, every feather 

 dark brown in center, less distinct on 

 the rump ; pale yellowish supercilium ; 



