494 On Birds of the Province of Fohkien. 



Anthus richardi, Vieill. 



In a letter to Dr. Sharpe (4th December, 1895) Rickett 

 expressed a hope that the birds wliich he presented to the 

 British Museum, and which had been identified as Anthus 

 infuscatus (Blyth), might be re-examined, as he felt sure, 

 from information obtained from the India Museum, that the 

 species was not a good one. The birds Dr. Sharpe referred to 

 A. infuscatus were specimens of the larger race of A. richardi 

 that winters here. On Rickett's return to Foochow, 

 De La Touche pointed out to him that Swinhoe had 

 already remarked (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 366), "Corydalla in- 

 fuscata, Blyth : race that breeds on the Fohkien hills,^^ thus 

 identifying it with our smaller summer visitor and depriving 

 it of specific rank. 



-/- TuRNix TAiGooR, Sykcs, 



Last December De La Touche shot a female which appears 

 andoubtedly to be of this species. A North-Formosan 

 specimen in that gentleman^s collection (also a female, 

 shot in January) differs from this bird as follows : — 

 BuflF markings on the upper parts rounder and more drop- 

 like than in the Foochow bird, in which they are more streaky. 

 The Foochow specimen is darker above, owing to the black 

 cross-pencilling of the feathers being more pronounced. 

 Beneath, the Formosan specimen has a greyish-buff throat ; 

 rest of underparts reddish ochraceous, deeper and richer on 

 fore neck, breast, and flanks. Middle of fore neck and breast 

 almost unmarked ; sides of neck and breast marked with black 

 lunules. In the Foochow specimen the throat is white. 

 Underparts huffish white, boldly barred with black on the 

 fore neck and breast, in the centre of the upper part of which 

 there is an irregular black patch. 



Measurements are the same, viz. : — 



Wing. Tarsus. Culmeii. 



in. in. in. 



Formosa .... 3*5 I'l 0-5 



Foocliow ... 3-4 1-1 0-5 



[The Foochow bird is evidently correctly identified as 

 T. taigoor. It is an immature female, as may be seen by the 



