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LengtJi. — 5 iuclies, wing 3"7, tail 2"7, tarsi 8*5. Mr. Brooks iu the 

 "Ibis^^ for 1877, page 206, states that he finds on comparison his 

 Anthus neglectus identical with Swinhoe's Black Istonii, but in regard to 

 the dimensions he observes : — " The total length given by Mr, Swinhoe 

 is clearly wrong ; so also with regard to length of wing. I have shot 

 about forty examples, and the greatest total length observed was 6*3, 

 the longest wing 3'4, longest tail 2'6b.'' 



The following are dimensions of some of his examples: — 



Wing. Tail. Bill at front. Tarsus. 



Hah. — China; in India, Sind, Punjab and N. W. Provinces and 

 Afghanistan ; frequenting extensive swamps. A winter visitant. 



Gen. Corydalla. — Vigors. 



Bill stout; tarsi moderately long ; tertiaries generally intermediate 

 in length between the 4th and 5fch primaries; hind claw elongated. 



Corydalla rufulus, Viell Gal. des. Ois. t. 161; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 232, No. 600 ; Hume, Str. F. vol. i. 358 ; vi. 366 ; viii. p. 386 ; 

 Murray, HdbJc, ZooL, Sj'c, Bind, p. 168. Cichlops ubiquitarius, 

 Hodgson. — The Indian Tit-Laek. 



Head, nape, back, scapulars and upper tail-coverts olive brown, the 

 feathers with dark mesial streaks ; rump unstreaked pale olive ; super- 

 ciliam fulvuus white; chin white; throat, breast, and rest of under 

 surface, including the under wing-coverts, fulvous white, deeper on the 

 breast and sides of the throat, the feathers of which are centred darker ; 

 primaries, secondaries, tertiaries and wing-coverts brown; the primaries 

 slightly paler brown and edged externally with fulvous white ; the 

 secondaries edged with light olive brown and tipped whitish ; the 

 tertiaries broadly edged externally with pale olive or fawn brown, all, 

 except the innermost tertiaries, fulvous and basally whitish on their inner 

 webs ; tail dark brown, the two centre feathers shorter than the 

 others, pale brown and margined narrowly with pale olive ; the outer- 

 most feathers on each side white, except a narrow margin on the inner 

 web, which is brown ; the next feather also white, with a dark shaft, 

 and a wider brown margin on the inner web; bill dusky, yellowish at 

 base of lower mandible; irides brown; legs pale yellowish brown. 



