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104 MOTACILLID &. 
Anthus blakistoni, Swinh. 
(Plate V. fig. 21.) 
Anthus blakistoni, Swinhoe, P. Z. 8.1868, p. 90; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 149 
(1906). 
Anthus spinoletta blakistoni, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ili. p. 282 
. (1905). 
Fight eggs of Blakiston’s Pipit vary from a broad toa rather pointed 
oval shape and are slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, 
clouded, mottled, and blotched with brown. In the set of eggs from 
the Pamir the markings are somewhat sparingly distributed ; while 
in those from Japan they are dense and obscure much of the ground- 
colour, especially towards the larger end, ‘They vary from -78 to 
-S in length, and from °56 to G2 in breadth. 
5. Gulcha, Pamir, Central Asia, 24th St. George Littledale, Esq. 
May. (Ped: 
3. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 10th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
July. eels 
Anthus pennsylvanicus (Lath.). 
Anthus ludovicianus, Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 40 (1874); Baird, 
Brewer & Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 1. p. 171 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds 
Eur. iii. p. 881 (1878); Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 
p- 108 (1880). 
Anthus spinoletta, var. ludovicianus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 11. p. 249, 
pl. 14 (1884). 
Anthus pennsylvanicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 596 (1885) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 93 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l.v. p. 149 
(1906). 
Anthus spinoletta pensilvanica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun, pt. iii. p. 282 
(1905). 
The eggs of the American Pipit are inseparable from those of 
A, spipoletta and A. obscurus. They vary from *72 to ‘9 in length, 
and from ‘6 to ‘63 in breadth. 
2. North America. Old Collection. 
2. Hudson’s Bay. Gould Coll. 
4, Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 
2. Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 
2. Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 
5. Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 
10. Labrador (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Mt. Evans, Clear Creek Co., W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Colorado, 25th June (Z. Lewis). fie 
Anthus obscurus (Lath.). 
Antbus aquaticus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 10, a—e 
(1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 174, pl. xliv. fig. iii 
(1856). 
Anthus obscurus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 345 (1877) ; Seebohm, Brit. 
| Birds, ii. p. 244, pl. 14 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 599 
