80 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



605. Anthus cervinus. Vinous-throated Pipit. 



I procured a single specimen of a Pipit referred by Mr. Blyth 

 (J. A. S. B. 1863, p. 459) to A. rosaceus, Hodg.; and this is 

 given by Dr. Jerdon merely as a synorvm of A. cervinus, Pallas. 

 But It appears that A. rosaceus shoul;! probably be considered 

 entn-ely a distinct species (Ibis, 1867, p. 32, note). 



606. Heterura sylvana. Upland Pipit. 



My first specimen of this bird was brought to me at Simla, in 

 July, by my native « shikaree." The whole of the under parts 

 are dn-ty or fulvous white, paler towards the vent, each feather 

 havmg a well-defined dark shaft, which gives a conspicuously 

 striated appearance. This striation is perhaps most sharply de- 

 fined on the flanks, and is caused by a dark brown shaft and 

 line on each side of it. The ear-coverts are brown. The two 

 middle rectrices are peculiarly pointed, and have their inner 

 webs rufous. The rest are normal in shape, and, except the 

 pair next the middle, which are wholly brown, have white tips 

 gradually increasing in extent towards the outer pair, on which 

 they are 1-5 in length. In this specimen the bill was flesh- 

 colour, darker on the upper mandible; nostrils raised, un- 

 covered; rictal bristles very iew, small, and weak; legs lio-ht 

 or yellowish flesh-colour; claws slightly darker. The second 

 specimen I was lucky enough to see alive, and shoot, close to 

 Simla, on August 2, 1866. I got it on the Mahasoo-road, near 

 the small tunnel. It was put up ofl" the low wall that skirts the 

 road by my dogs, and, circling round, pitched again near the 

 same spot on a stone, the colour of which it so closely resembled 

 that I had some difficulty in making it out. 



Both when flying and sitting still, it uttered a low plaintive 

 Pipit.hke call, almost impossible to syllable. It decidedly ap- 

 pears to me to be a Stone-, not a Grass- or Meadow? iint. It 

 was very tame, and allowed me to approach withm twenty yards. 

 I dissected this specimen ; it was a female, and its stomach con- 

 tamed GryllcB and other small insects. Irides brown ; upper 

 mandible horny brown; lower mandible flesh-colour; gape 

 yellow; legs flesh-colour, slightly darker perhaps tliun the 

 lower mandible. Dimensions :— 



