92 MOTACILLID ®. 
Anthus maculatus, Jard. 
(Plate V. fig. 4.) 
Pipastes agilis, Tacz. J. f. O. 1873, p. 84, taf. ii. figs. 22, 23, 24. 
Anthus maculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p- “547 (188% 5); Seehohm, 
ne Japan. Emp. p- 115 (1890); Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., een 
p- 804 (1890); zd., ed. Hume, Nests &§ Eygs Ind. Birds, 1 
209 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p- 92 (1899) ; Dresser, Men 
Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 212 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p- 145 (1906). 
Pipastes maculatus, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sibér. Orient. p- 391 (1891). 
Anthus trivialis maculatus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 278 
(1905). 
Eggs of the Eastern Tree-Pipit, of which there is a large 
series in the Collection, are as a rule pretty uniform in colour, and 
of a very broad oval shape, perfectly devoid of gloss. They are 
cream-coloured, smeared and clouded with pale lilac-red, over which 
are laid blotches of dull reddish-brown and, in the majority of the 
specimens, spots, lines, and hieroglyphics of very deep purplish-red. 
They are not unlike some of the eggs of A. trivialis. Three sets of 
eggs from Fujiyama are, however, of a very different type. In two 
sets the ground-colour is yellowish-white, very finely and densely 
spotted ail over with chocolate-brown ; in the third set the ground- 
colour is whitish or greenish-white, and equally finely marked with 
purplish-grey and lavender. They measure from *75 to *84 in 
length, and from 6 to °65 in breadth. 
Darjiling, 21st May. 
B. B. Osmaston, Esq. [ P.]. 
d apan (H. Pryer). 
Seebohm Coll. 
3. 
4, 
5. Japan (H. F.). Seebohm Coll. 
5. ee (He P.). Seebohm Coll. 
4, Japan (HH. PB). Seebohm Coll. 
5. Japan (CH. P.). Seebohm Coll. 
6. Japan (ZZ: P.). Seebohm Coll. 
5. Japan (Hf. P.). Seebohm Coll. 
5. Jape am (CEL). Seebohm Coll. 
2. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 15th Crowley Bequest. 
July. 
Fujiyama, Ist July. 
Crowley Bequest. 
Subashizi, Fujiyama, lst June. 
W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[Pzi 
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Anthus nilghiriensis, Sharpe. 
(Plate V. fig. 5.) 
Anthus nilghiriensis, Sharpe, rate Birds B, M. x. p. 590 (1885) ; Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, p- 305 (1890); 2d., ed. Hume, Nests 
§ Eggs Ind. Birds, Tape 21 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 145 
(1906). 
The eggs of the Nilghiri Pipit are of a somewhat narrow oval 
shape and moderately glossy. he five specimens in the Collection 
vary considerably. Three examples are greyish-white, very densely 
