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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



and slightly curved ; inner toe and claw longer than the outer ; outstretched 



toes falling short of the tip of tail ; hind toe and claw shorter than tarsus Ardhus. 



Point of wings formed by four outer primaries, the first longest, or as long 

 as others. Legs stout, the outstretched toes reaching almost to tip of tail. 

 Hind toe and claw longer than tarsus, the claw very long, but equal to the 

 toe proper Keoconjs. 



h. Wings shorty rounded. 

 Point of wings formed by four outer primaries of nearly equal length . Notiocot^ys.^ 

 Point of wings formed by five outer primaries, the first shorter than 

 third . Pediocorys} 



Genus ANTHUS, Bechst. 



Anthus, Bechst. Gemein. Naturg. Deutschl. 1802. (Type, Alauda spinoletta.) 



Char. Bill slender, much attenuated, and distinctly notched. A few short bristles at 



the base. Culmen concave at the base. Tarsi 

 quite distinctly scutellate; longer than the middle 

 toe ; inner lateral toe the longer. Hind toe rather 

 shorter than the tarsus, but longer than the middle 

 toe, owing to the long, attenuated, and moderately 

 curved hind claw, which is considerably more 

 than half the total length of the toe. Tail rather 

 long, emarginate. Wing very long, considerably • 

 longer than the lengthened tail, reaching to its 

 middle. The first primary neaily equal to the 

 longest. The tertials almost as long as the prima- 

 ries. 



But one species of this genus belongs 

 Anthus ludovkmmis. propciiy to Noitli America, although a sec- 



ond is accidental in Greenland and Alaska. The diagnoses are as follows : — 



Bill and feet blackish. Prevailing color above olive-brown. Beneath buff. Edge 

 and inside of wings white. Shafts of middle tail-feathers above dark brown 



A. hidovicianidi. 



Bill and feet dusky flesh-color. Prevailing color above olive-green; more dis- 

 tinctly streaked. Beneath greenish-white. Edge and inside of wings green- 

 ish-yellow. Shafts of middle tail-feathers above whitish . . . A. pratensis. 



Zander (Cabanis Journal, Extraheft I, 185.' 

 vimis, Pallas, is found in the Aleutian Islands. 



64) states that Anthus ccr 

 It is described as having 



The feet yellowish-brown ; the two longest under tail-coverts with a blackish longitudi- 

 nal spot ; the longest tertial almost equal to the longest primary ; the shaft of the first 

 tail-feather mostly Avhite ; no green on the plumage ; the throat rust-color. 



1 Anthus {Notiocorys) rvfus, Baird, Rev. Am. Birds, 1864, 156 (Alauda rufa, Gm.). Hah. 

 Isthmus of Panama. 



2 Anthus {Pediocorys) bogotensis, Baird, Rev. Am. Birds, 1864, 157 {Anthus bogotensis, Scla- 

 ter). Hab. Ecuador, Colombia. 



