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GEN. 22. ANTHUS, Bechst. 

 * Hind claw longer than the toe; very little curved. 



66. A. Richardi, Vieill. (Richard's Pipit.) Upper 

 plumage deep brown, with lighter edges : breast spotted : 

 tarsi very long. 



A. Richardi, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 263. Vigors in Zool. 

 Journ. vol.i. p. 411. pi. 14. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 379. 

 Richard's Pipit, Selb. Illmt. vol. i. p. 264. pi. 100. f. 5. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches seven lines : length of the hind toe, 

 claw included, one inch. TEMM, 



DESCRIPT. Plumage on the crown of the head, back, and scapulars, 

 deep olive-brown ; the edges of the feathers somewhat paler : a broad 

 streak above the eye, temples, throat, belly and vent, pure white ; breast 

 and sides reddish yellow, the former marked with lanceolate dusky spots : 

 wings blackish brown ; quills and coverts broadly edged with yellowish 

 white: tail dusky, edged in the same manner; outer feather entirely 

 white ; the next with the greater portion white : bill somewhat stronger, 

 and rather more elongated, than in the other species of this genus ; upper 

 mandible brown ; lower mandible yellow : irides brown : feet yellowish : 

 hind claw very long, almost straight. (Egg.) Reddish white ground, 

 speckled with darker red and light brown: long. diam. ten lines and 

 a half; trans, diam. seven lines and a half. 



Very rare in this country. Has hitherto only occurred in two instances, 

 both times in the neighbourhood of London. Habits unknown. 



67- A. pratensis, Bechst. (Meadow Pipit.) Upper 

 plumage olivaceous green, with dusky spots : neck, breast, 

 and sides, spotted : tarsi moderate. 



A. pratensis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 269. Meadow Pipit, 

 Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 260. pi. 49. f. 4. Titlark, Mont. Orn. Diet. 

 Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 220. 



DIMENS. Entire length five inches nine lines: length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) five lines and a half, (from the gape) eight lines ; of the 

 tarsus ten lines and a half; of the hind toe, claw included, ten lines and 

 a half; of the tail two inches four lines and a half; from the carpus to 

 the end of the wing three inches : breadth, wings extended, nine inches 

 ten lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Summer plumage.) Upper parts olivaceous green tinged 

 with ash-gray ; feathers on the head, back, and scapulars, spotted with 

 dusky: under parts yellowish white; throat, in the male, during the 

 breeding season only, with a deep reddish tinge; sides of the neck, breast, 

 and upper part of the abdomen, marked with blackish brown spots ; flanks 

 with long dusky streaks: tail dusky; outer feather edged externally, 

 and broadly tipped, with white; the next with a small white spot at 

 the extremity : bill slender, dusky ; base of the under mandible yellowish : 

 irides hazel : legs yellowish brown : hind claw not so long as in the last 

 species, slightly curved. (Winter plumage.) Upper parts of a brighter, 

 and more decided olive-green, with the dusky spots not occupying- so 

 large a portion of the feather : under parts ferruginous yellow, and not* 

 so much spotted. (JZgg.) Reddish white ground, mottled all over with 

 darker reddish brown : long. diam. nine lines ; trans, diam. seven lines. 



