94 J10TACILLID2E. 



Anthus sordidus, Riipp. 

 (Plate V. figs. 7 & 8.) 



Anthus sordidus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 560 (1835) [part.] ; 

 NehrTt. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 92 (1899) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 314 

 (1900) ; Sharps, Hand-l v. p. 146 



The eggs of the Dingy Rock-Pipit are of a blunt oval form, 

 approaching the elliptical, and are but very slightly glossed. They 

 are white, thickly mottled and blotched with deep umber-brown and 

 underlying purplish-grey. The markings are very evenly distributed 

 over the entire surface of the egg. Four examples measure 

 respectively : '9 by -67 ; '9 by -66 ; -89 by -65 ; -92 by '67. 



2. Adho Dimsllus, Sokotra, 3700 feet Royal Society [P.]. 



( W. R. Ogilvie-Grant Sf H. O. 



Forbes). 

 2. Hadibu Plain, Sokotra, loth Dec. Roval Society [P.]. 



(W. R. 0.-G.$H. O.F.). 



Anthus cockburniae, Oates. 

 (Plate V. fig. 9.) 



Anthus sordidus, Sharps (nee Rilpp.}, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 560 (1885) 

 [part.] ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 212 (1890). 



Anthus cockburnise, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 305 (1890) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 147 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Rufous Rock-Pipit closely resemble those of 

 A. sordidus ; the fourth, as shown in the Plate, is of quite a different 

 type, the ground-colour being white rather sparingly marked with 

 small blotches and spots of purplish-brown and lilac-grey, the 

 markings being most numerous round the large end, where they 

 form an irregular zone. They measure respectively : '81 by *61 ; *87 

 by -62; -89 by '65 ; -92 by -64. 



4. Nilghiri Hills, S. India (Miss Hume Coll. 



Gockburn), 



Anthus jerdoni, Finsch. 



Agrodroma jerdoni, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 61. 



Anthus jerdoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 562 (1885) ; Oates, ed. 



Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 212 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 147 (1906). 

 Anthus similis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 306 (1890); 



Dresser, Birds Etir. ix. (Suppl.) p. 151 (1895) j id., Man. Pal. Birds, 



pt. i. p. 220 (1902). 

 Anthus leucophrys jerdoni, Harterf, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 270 



(1905). 



The eggs of the Brown Rock-Pipit are of a blunt oval form and 

 very slightly glossy. They are white, rather thickly speckled and 

 blotched with reddish-brown and purplish-grey. Five examples 

 measure from *82 to "88 in length, and from '61 to -65 in breadth. 



