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dull white, with a tinge of reddish on 

 the breast ; the flanks with a few 

 indistinct black streaks ; wings and 

 tail dusky brown, feathers edged 

 lighter, except uter tail feathers 

 mostly white. 



Immature birds have the neck and 

 breast faintly, and the sides plainly, 

 streaked with dark brown. 



This bird is practically identical 

 with the European Water Pipit (A. 

 spinoletta), differing from it chiefly in 

 being slightly smaller. 



Distribution. — Eastern Siberia and 

 China ; a winter visitant in the 

 Yangtse Valley, where it is not un- 

 common. It is usually solitary, 

 frequenting the banks of canals and 

 pools, but is occasionally found in 

 small parties. 



EASTERN TREE PIPIT. 



ANTHUS HODGSONI, RICHMOND. 

 [A. maculatus, Hodgs.] 



Description. — Length six inches. 

 Bill black. Iris brown. Tarsus flesh 

 color. Eyebrow yellowish white, whiter 

 and more distinct in summer. 



Upper parts nearly uniform olive 

 brown, the head and sometimes the 

 mantle and back having narrow 

 dusky streaks ; foreneck and breast 

 sandy buff, marked with narrow 

 black spots, which are longer on 

 the sides ; lower breast and abdomen 

 white ; median wing coverts tipped 

 with yellowish white ; central tail 

 feathers dark brown edged olive, 

 others pointed, edged olive, and tipped 

 white. 



In autumn plumage the throat some- 

 times is of a fine buff color, and the 

 black breast spots less pronounced. 



