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Anthus australis. Vig. §° Horsf. 
Anthus australis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 12 (1845-54) ; 
Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 3892 (1865); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
B. M. x. p. 615 (1885) ; North, Nests & Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 158 
(1889); Nehrk. Kat, Hiersamml. p. 93 (1599) ; Campbell, Nests § 
Logs Austr. Birds, i, p. 459 pl. 15 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p. 151 (1906). 
The eggs of the Australian Pipit are of a regular oval shape and 
moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, densely mottled with 
brown and lavender. Specimens measure from ‘86 to 91 in length, 
and from ‘6 to ‘68 in breadth. 
3. Dawson River, Queensland, 19th Crowley Bequest. 
Sept. (North Coll.). 
1. Moreton Bay. Gould Coll. 
5. Moreton Bay. Gould Coll. 
2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 
3: Dobroyd, N:S.W., Oct. Cz. .P: Crowley Bequest. 
Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 
3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 14th Oct. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 
3. Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Crowley Bequest. 
3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 
3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 
2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 
2. Tasmania (J. Gould; Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
8, Australia. Carter Coll. 
Anthus nove-zealandiz (Gmel.). 
(Plate V. figs. 16 & 17.) 
Anthus nove-zealandiz, Potts, Trans: New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 61 (1869) ; 
iii. p. 76 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x, p. 616 (1885) ; 
Buller, Birds New Zeal, 2nd ed. i. p. 63 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Ever- 
samml. p. 93 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 151 (1906). 
Eggs of the New Zealand Pipit are of an ordinary oval shape 
and rather highly glossy. They are greyish-white, profusely 
mottled or spotted with brown, especially round the broad end, 
where a wide confluent zone is sometimes formed. They measure 
from °88 to ‘92 in length, and from °62 to ‘69 in breadth. 
1. Christchurch, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 
2. Otago (Crowfoot). Crowley Bequest. 
1. Otago, lst Nov. (Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 
1. Otago, 19th Dec. (Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 
Anthus steindachneri, Reischek. 
Anthus steindachneri, Revschek, Tr: N. Z. Inst. xxi. p. 888 (1889) ; Sharpe, 
Bull. B. O. C. xiii. no. xevii. p. 59 (1903) ; id. Hand-l. v. p. 151 (1906), 
Two eggs of the Antipodes Island Pipit, in a very broken con- 
dition, appear to have been of a rather long oval shape and are very 
slightly glossed. The ground-colour is greyish-white, finely mottled 
