ANTHUS CALTHORPiE. 301 



Hemprich and Ehrenberg met with it on both sides of the 

 Red Sea. 



The Tree Pipits apparently arrive in the Ethiopian Region 

 early in September, to leave again about the end of April for 

 their favourite breeding haunts iu Europe. 



Anthus calthorpse. (PI. 14, fig. 1.) 



Anfchus cathropse (err.) Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 121 (1867) Sivaziland. 

 Anthus brachyurus (nee Sundev.) Ayres, Ibis, 1884, p. 231 Bustenberg ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 551 (1885) pt. Transvaal. 



Adult Male. Very similar to A. trivialis in structure and pattern but 

 with the general shade of the upper parts pale rufous and the dark centres 

 to the feathers of the crown and mantle broader. Upper parts pale rufous 

 brown ; feathers of the crown and mantle with broadish black shaft-stripes ; 

 wings with the ends of many of the median and greater coverts pale rufous 

 buff, forming two indistinct partial bars on the wing ; axillaries and part 

 of the under wing-coverts white ; quills with indistinct broad pale inner 

 margins ; tail with a pure white pattern confined to the outer half of the 

 exterior feather and an angular end to the next ; sides of head mottled with 

 brown and buff; under surface buff inclining to white on the upper throat 

 and centre of the abdomen ; sides and base of throat and front of chest 

 strongly marked with blackish shaft-stripe and the flanks more obscurely 

 so. "Iris dark brown ; upper mandible dusky, lower one and legs pale 

 brown." Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-9, tail 2-2, tarsus - 7. 

 Bustenberg, S, 22. 4. 81 (W. Lucas). 



Adult Female. Exactly like the male in plumage. Wing 2-8, tail 2-0. 

 Bustenberg, ? , 10. 10. 82 (T. Ayres). 



The Tawny Little Pipit inhabits the Transvaal and 

 Swaziland. 



The original description of this species was, Mr. Layard 

 writes, "taken from a little pet — the only specimen I have 

 seen — of a small Anthus that is merrily hopping about in my 

 aviary, and known to the household by the familiar name of 

 ' Brownie.' ' Brownie,' from his engaging ways and sprightly 



