ANTHUS. 671 
686. ANTHUS RUFULUS Vieillot. 
INDIAN PIPIT. 
Anthus rufulus View tot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. (1818), 26, 494; SHARPE, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1885), 10, 574; Humm, Oates ed. Nests & Eggs 
Ind. Bds. (1890), 2, 213; WuuitrnEan, Ibis (1899), 238; McGrecor 
and WoRCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 102. 
Corydalla lugubris TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 547. 
Tam-ba-yuc-yuc, Ticao, used for Motacilla melanope also; a-la-lac-sing, Siquijor. 
Bantayan (McGregor); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (Hverett, Steere Ezxp., 
McGregor) ; Calamianes (Bourns € Worcester, McGregor) ; Calayan (McGregor) ; 
Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Bourns ¢& Worcester); Fuga (Mc- 
Gregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Murray, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Leyte 
(Steere Eap.); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Cuming, Everett, Bourns & Wor- 
cester, Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch) ; Maestre de Campo (McGregor & Wor- 
cester); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindanao (Hverett, Bourns 
¢& Worcester, Celestino) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester) ; 
Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Hup., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; Palawan 
(Everett, Celestino, White); Panaon (Hverett); Panay (Murray, Steere Exp., 
Bourns & Worcester) ; Polillo (McGregor) ; Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, Mc- 
Gregor); Samar (Steere Hap.); Semirara (McGregor & Worcester); Sibuyan 
(Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester, 
Celestino) ; Tablas (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; Ticao (McGregor). Africa, 
Malay Peninsula, Burmese countries, India, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 
Adult in fresh plumage.—Above sandy buff, nearly uniform on rump 
and tail-coverts; upper back and top of head with dark brown shaft-lines 
producing, on the head at least, a decidedly streaked appearance; lores 
blackish ; supercilium, from bill to nape, light buff; subocular space buff, 
bounded below by a line of dark brown; malar line dark brown ; ear-coverts 
sandy buff; under parts cream-buff; sides and flanks sandy buff; an ill- 
defined band across chest sandy buff, the feathers with narrow, mesial, 
blackish streaks ; wing-feathers and rectrices blackish brown, more or less 
widely edged and tipped with various shades of buff; two outer pairs of 
rectrices largely white. A female from Culayan Island measures: Wing, 
80; tail, 66; culmen from base, 16; tarsus, 28; hind toe with claw, 24. 
A female from Lubang measures: Wing, 79; tail, 62; culmen from base, 
16; tarsus, 27; hind toe with claw, 22. 
As the plumage becomes worn the supercilium, subocular region, and 
under parts fade to white, and the pectoral band fades to light buff. 
This species is said to resemble A. richard: except in being smaller ; 
it is easily distinguished from any of the other pipits found in the Philip- 
pines by the scantily streaked chest and by the uniformly colored sides 
and flanks. Furthermore it is the most common species, outnumbering, 
in individuals, all the other species combined. 
