82 PASSERES. 



ANTHUS. 

 Anthus, Bechstein, Nat. Deutschl. iii. p. 704 (1807). 



401. Anthus obscurus. 



Alauda obscura, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 494 (? nee Gmelin). 



Anthus obscurus, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 586. 



Alauda petrosa, Mont. Trans. L. S. iv. p. 41. 



a Aberdovey (//. E. Strickland} Aug. 1833. b (N. C. 

 Strickland) 1838. 



Gmelin's name Alauda obscura (Syst. Nat. i. p. 801), based upon a 

 description of Cetti's (Stor. Nat. di Ucc. Sard. p. 150), has been placed 

 by Gray with doubt as a synonym of Anthus campestris. Should it 

 be applicable (as seems not impossible) to any other Anthus than the 

 present, Montagu's name will have to be used for the Rock-Pipit. 

 Plate .138 of Gould's Birds of Europe, as pointed out by Strickland 

 (Ann. & Mag. N. H. viii. p. 372), represents this species, but the 

 propriety of adding Anthus rupestris, Nilss. to its synonyms may be 

 questioned (cf. Newton L s. c.). 



402. Anthus spipoletta. 



Alauda spinoletta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 288. 



Anthus spipoletta, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 581. 



Anthus aquaticus, Bechst. Nat. Deutschl. iii. p. 745 : Strickl. 

 P. Z. S. 1836, p. 99. 



a Smyrna (H. E. Strickland} 10 Dec. 1835. b Pyrenees 

 (E. De Selys Longchamjis) 1845. c N. India (W. J. E. Boys} 

 1848. 



403. Anthus cervinus. 



Motacilla cervina, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso- As. i. p. 511. 

 Anthus cervinus, Dresser, B. Eur. 

 Anthus sp. ? Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 217. 

 a $ Kartoum Oct. 1848 (/. Petherick), 1848. 



4.04. Anthus rosaceus. 



Anthus rosaceus, Hodgs. Zool. Misc. p. 83 (descr. nulla} : 

 Dresser, B. Eur. (sub A. cervinus}. 

 a Nepal (B. H. Hodgson 736) 1845. 

 Distinguishable from A. cervinus by its pale yellow axillaries. 



