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NUKTIl AMKlilCAX lUlJDS, 



and sliLrlitly r-urvcil ; iinuT tin: ami rlaw loiiirer than tho (Uitcr; outstrt'tflicd 



toi's lalliu;;: short olihr tip ol' tail ; hind tut' an«l i-htw shoitt-r than tarsus Aufhus. 



Point of Avin^s fonned hy lour onti-r primaries, the lirst longest, or as long 

 as others. Leir^* stout, the outstretehed toes reaehini: almost to tip ol' tail. 

 Hind toe and <;law long'er than tarsus, the claw very long, but equal to the 

 toe pioj)er Xeoconjs. 



h. ]Vi)ifjs s/iorf. roiDided. 



Point of wings formed by lour outer primaries of nearly equal length . Xofiocon/s.^ 

 Point of wings formed by live outer primaries, the lirst shorter than 

 third ............. Pediocon/s.- 



Genus ANTHUS, 



^HST. 



Anthas, Bechst. Geiuein. Naturg. Deutschl. 1802. (,Tyix', Aluada spinolcUa.) 



Char. Bill slender, much attenuated, and distinctly notched. A few short bristles at 



the base. Culmen concave at the base. Tarsi 

 (piite tlistinctly seutellate; longer than the middle 

 toe: inner lateral toe the longer. Hind toe rather 

 shorter than the tarsus, V»nt longer than the middle 

 toe, owing to the long, attenuated, and moderately 

 curve<l hin<l claw, which is considerably more 

 than half the total lengtii of the toe. Tail rather 

 long, emarginate. Wing very long. consi«lerably 

 lonirer than the leuirthened tail, reachin}:: to its 

 middle. The first primary nearly equal to the 

 longest. The tertials almost as long as the prima- 

 ries. 



Anthus lufioi-irianus. 



But one species of this genus belongs 

 properly to Xorth America, although a sec- 

 ond is accidental in Greenland and Alaska. The diagnoses are as follows : — 



Bill and feet blackish. Prevailing color above olive-brown. Beneath buff. Edge 

 and inside of wings white. Shafts of middle tail-feathers above dark brown 



.1. hidoricianita. 



Bill and feet dusky flesh-color. Prevailing color above olive-green : more <lis- 

 linctly streaked. Beneath greenish-white. Edge and inside of wings green- 

 ish-yellow. Shafts of middle tail-feathers above whitish . . . A. j^i'uten.si's. 



Zander (Cahanis Journal, Extraheft T, l(Sr):>. (U) states that Anthifs ccr- 

 vin us, Pallas, is found in the Aleutian Islands. It is described as having 



The feet yellowish-brown ; the two longest under tail-coverts with a blackish longitudi- 

 nal spot ; the longest tertial almost equal to the longest primary ; the shall of the first 

 tail-feather mostly w liite ; no green on the plumage ; the throat rust-color. 



J Antlntfi {Xofim-onjs) rvfiis, B.\iun, Rev. Am. Biixls, 1864, 156 {Ahiuda rnfa, Gm.). 1Iid>. 

 Isthmus of Panama. 



•^ Anthus {Ptdiitain/s) h^ffofcnsis, B.viKD, Hev. Am. Birds, lb64, 157 {AiUhun bogoteiusis, SCLA- 

 TEK). Hah. Ecuador, Colombia. 



