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outermost lateral feather is yellowish-white, while in A. similis 

 only a part is reddish-white, a considerable portion of the inner 

 web being dusky brown. Again in A. cinnamomeus the whole 

 of the second exterior feather is yellowish-white, except a por- 

 tion of the inner web, which is dusky brown, whereas in A. si- 

 milis the whole is dusky brown, except a small patch of reddish- 

 white at the tip. It is not, moreover, as if Riippell had been 

 careless, because, while describing the tail of A. cinnamomeus as 

 above, he has described that of A. sordidus much as that of A. 

 similis really is, showing that he noted carefully minor differ- 

 ences of this nature. 



While, therefore, the Southern-Indian Pipit, A. similis, can- 

 not be identified with A. cinnamomeus, still less can we identify 

 it with A. sordidus ', this latter, however, does in many respects 

 appear to correspond closely enough with the bird of Northern 

 India ; but there is one essential difference which prevents its 

 identification with this species also. Both our Indian species 

 have well-marked strice on the lower portion of the throat and 

 breast; these s/n« are described by Riippell in both descrip- 

 tions of A. cinnamomeus, while they are ignored in both de- 

 scriptions of A. sordidus. Nay, more, could we suppose such a 

 double oversight in the text, the figure of A. sordidus would 

 settle the question ; for this too shows that there are no such 

 stria in that species. 



It follows, I think, that our Indian Pipits cannot properly be 

 identified with either of the Abyssinian ones. They cannot be 

 identified with A. cinnamomeus on account of the difference in 

 the colour of the upper surface and tail, and they cannot be 

 identified with A. sordidus from the entire absence of dark striae 

 and spots (well-marked in both our species) on the breast. 



Our Southei'n bird therefore will stand as Corydalla similis 

 (Jerd.), our Northern one as 

 4~-- Corydalla griseorufescens, nobis, sp. n., 



the grey-brown upper, and reddish under surfaces being its 

 leading characteristics. 



The Indian Pipastce fairly puzzle me. I have a very large 

 series, including specimens from almost every part of India. 

 Mv friend Mr. Brooks has also some fifty or sixty specimens. 



