308 MOTACILLID^E. 



gined with fulvous ; tail dark brown, with pale margins, the outer- 

 most feather almost entirely white, the penultimate with an oblique 

 portion of the inner web, about an inch and a half in length, also 

 white; superciliuni and lower plumage pale fulvous, the sides of 

 the throat and fore neck and the whole breast streaked with dark 

 brown ; sides of the body darker fulvous, with a few indistinct 

 streaks. 



Bill brown, yellowish at the base of lower mandible ; mouth 

 yellow ; iris brown ; legs flesh-colour ; the claws darker. 



Length about 7*5 ; tail 3-4 ; wing 3'7 ; tarsus 1*2 ; bill from 

 gape '85 ; hind claw about -8. 



Distribution. A winter visitor to the whole of the Eastern part 

 of the Empire from Assam to Tenasserim, extending along the 

 Himalayas as far west as the Sutlej valley, and southwards through 

 Bengal and Chutia Nagpur along the eastern side of India to 

 Ceylon. In winter this species is found in China on the one side 

 and in Europe on the other. It summers in Central and Northern 

 Asia. 



846. Anthus striolatus, ElyiKs Pipit. 



Oichlops thermophilus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844, 



desc. nulla). 

 Anthus striolatus, Bhjth; J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 435 (1847) ; id. Cat. 



p. 136 j Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 61 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x, 



p. 568. 



Anthus thermophilus (Hodgs. \ Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, p. 356. 

 Corydalla striolata (Blyth), Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 233 ; Brooks, S. F. i, 



p. 359 ; Hume, Cat. no. 601 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 628 ; Oates, 



J3. B. \, p. 167 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 245. 



The Large Titlark, Jerd. 



Coloration, llesembles A. richardi, but is considerably smaller, 

 the tarsus and feet being conspicuously smaller, and the hind claw 

 hardly longer than the hind toe ; the amount of white on the 

 penultimate tail-feathers is much less, varying from half to a whole 

 inch in length. 



Length about 7 ; tail 3 ; wing 3'5 ; tarsus 1 ; bill from gape "75 ; 

 hind claw *5. 



Distribution. Occurs in every portion of the Empire from the 

 Himalayas to Ceylon and the extreme south of Tenasserim, winter- 

 ing in the plains and retiring to the higher parts of the Himalayas 

 for the summer. This species is, however, met with in the plains 

 up to a very late date (June), and a few pairs may breed in suit- 

 able localities. Blanford observed this Pipit as high as 15,000 feet 

 in Sikhim in October. Its nest has not yet been discovered. 



847. Anthus rufulus. The Indian Pipit. 



Anthus rufulus, Vieill Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi, p. 494 (1818) ; 

 Blyth, Cat. p. 135 Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 356 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. 

 x, p. 574 ; Oates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. ii, p, 213. 



