158 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 
Anthus rufescens, D’Ors. & Larr. Mag. Zool. 1836.—D’Ors. Voyage, 
226 (Bolivia). Not rufescens of Temminck. 
(30,912, Quito.) Plumage very dense and full on the under parts; wings 
broad, their point formed by the outer five primaries, of which the 4th is 
longest ; then 3d, and 5th equal 2d, little shorter; the first .14 shorter than 
the 5th, and .20 longer than 6th, about equal to the longest secondary. Tail 
moderately forked, rather shorter than the wings. Hind claw quite consider- 
ably curved, and short, about equal to its digit. 
Feathers of upper parts light brownish-yellow, streaked centrally and con- 
spicuously with dark-brown ; scarcely appreciable on the wing coverts, which 
are morerufous. Ocular regions with under parts pale buff, lighter posteriorly 
and onchin and lores; darker on the inside of the wings. Sides of neck streaked 
with dark-brown, and a series of scarcely appreciable dusky spots in the tips 
of the feathers across jugulum, very few in number (scarcely more than one 
row). Quills broadly edged internally with dull cinnamon. Outer tail feathers 
rufous, or brownish-white at tip and for about exterior half, including the 
region both sides the shaft; second feather with slight streaks of the same 
along the end of the shaft; other feathers dark-brown, edged like the back. 
Bill brown, whitish at base below. Legs flesh color. 
A second specimen (35,035) agrees much better with Dr. Sclater’s descrip- 
tion, in being paler on the belly and crissum; darker above; the hind claw 
longer (.55). The wing formula differs in being 2, 3, 1, 4, 5, and the 6th quill 
is exactly midway from the 5th and 7th (.17 of an inch). 
Total length, 5.75; wing, 3.35; tail, 2.90; length of bill from forehead, 
.62, from nostril, .37; along gape, .80; tarsus, .90; middle toe and claw, .83; 
hind toe and claw, .75; claw alone, .40. 
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Smith-| Collec. | Sex When | | 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Rollestaden Received from | Collected by 
No. No. | Age. € cual | 
30,912 ye ee Quito, Ecuador. eters | ©. Bs Buckalew. Ai”. Peiseee 
35,035 | Ecuador. ae 
| J. Akhurst. | wicioe ve 
Anthus ——. 
(21,035, %, Uruguay.) Wings not much longer than the tail; the rounded 
point formed by five outer primaries; wing formula 3.4=2, 1, 5, the latter 
which is one-fourth the distance from 4th to 6th. Inner secondaries rather 
shorter than the 5th quill. Feet much as in Neocorys ; the hind claw nearly 
straight, rather longer than its digit. 
All feathers of upper parts blackish-brown, conspicuously margined on each 
side (but not at tips) with brownish-yellow, which becomes grayish towards 
the ends (except perhaps on the lower back) ; these margins proportionally 
widest on the hind neck. Under parts soiled white, with a pale brownish or 
buff (not yellow) tinge ; palest on throat, crissum, and middle of belly, deepest 
on inside of wing and inner margin of quills; the feathers of jugulum, upper 
breast, and sides of body with conspicuous shaft streaks of blackish-brown ; 
feathers on the sides tinged throughout with pale brownish. Loral, ocular, 
