

DENDRANTHUS. ANTIIUS. 89 



Genus DENDRANTHUS, Bli/th. 



Dendranthus indicus (GmeL). 



(Plate IV. fig. 22.) 



Limunidromus indicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 532 (1885) ; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 390 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 92 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 209 (1902). 

 Dendranthus indicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 144 (1900). 

 Dendronaiithus indica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 309 (1905). 



Two eggs of the Forest Wagtail are of an ordinary oval 

 shape and perfectly devoid of gloss. They are grey with a purple 

 tinge, marked with spots and small blotches of umber-brown and 

 underlying lilac-grey. They measure respectively -8 by *58 and '77 

 by -57. 



2. Ussuri River, E. Siberia (Dorries : Crowley Bequest. 

 Nehrkorn Coll.). 



Genus ANTHUS, Beclist. 

 Anthus chloris, Licht. 

 (Plate V. figs. 1 & 2.) 



Anthus chloris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 539 (1885); Stark, 

 Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 243 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 295 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 144 (1906). 



Three eggs of the Small Yellow-tufted Pipit are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour 

 is white or yellowish-white, densely speckled and spotted all over 

 with dull lavender-grey and yellowish-brown, the marking being 

 somewhat more dense round the larger end. They measure 

 respectively : -9 by '55 ; -82 by -6 ; -82 by -59. 



3. South Africa (Noakes}. Crowley Bequest. 



Anthus trivialis, Linn. 



Anthus arboreus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 7, a-e 

 (1845-54); Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 171, pi. xliii. 

 (1856) ; Seehohm, Brit, Birds, ii. p. 219, pi. 14 (1884) ; id., Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 263, pi. 58 A. figs. 5-8 (1896). 



Dendronantlms arboreus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 38. fig. 8 

 (1855-63). 



Anthus trivialis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 309 (1874) ; Tristr. Fauna 

 $ Flora Palest, p. 56 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 543 

 (1885) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 211 (1902) ; Neivton, 

 Ootheca Wolleyana, p. 366 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 145 (11)06). 



Anthus trivialis trivialis, Hartert, Vvg. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 272 (1905). 



The eggs of the Tree-Pipit are mostly of a broad, pointed oval 

 shape, but occasionally they are rounded at the smaller end. They 



