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405. Anthus pratensis. 



Alauda pratensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 287. 



Anthus pratensis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 99; Newton, ed. 

 Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 575. 



a Worcestershire (H. E. Strickland) 1830. b $ Smyrna 

 (U. E. Strickland) 20 Nov. 1835. 



406. Anthus striolatus. 



Anthus striolatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 435. 



Corydalla striolata, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 233. 



a (N. C. Strickland) 1838. b (Gardner) 1845. c Madras 

 (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. d S. India (" Anthus malayanus " T. C. 

 Jet-don) 1850. S. India (" Anthus striolatus, Bl." T. C. Jerdon} 

 1850. 



I believe all these specimens are referable to the species called 

 A. striolatus by Blyth, being unable to detect any tangible difference 

 between the specimens sent by Jerdon as A. striolatus and A. 

 malayanus. 



407. Anthus rufulus. 



Anthus rufulus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xxvi. p. 494: Gal. 

 des Ois. i. t 161. 



Corydalla rufula, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 232. 



Cichlops ubiquitarius, Hodgs. Zool. Misc. p. 83. 



a Nepal (B. H. Hodgson 432) 1845. b India ("Anthus 

 agilis" E. Blyth} 1846. 



I follow Jerdon in placing these specimens under this name. 

 Whether those I place under A. striolatus are really different is 

 quite doubtful. Mr Brooks (Ibis, 1874 p. 460) maintains positively 

 that there are two species distinguishable by their song, but the 

 characters he gives (a usually longer hind claw and larger bill) by 

 which alone skins can be differentiated do not help one much. Lord 

 Tweeddale (Ibis, 1874, p. 141) doubts the propriety of separating 

 A. striolatus from A. rufulus. 



408. Anthus trivialis. 



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



Anthus trivialis, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 569. 



Anthus arboreus, Bechst. Nat. Deutschl. iii. p. 706. 



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