104 MOTACILLID^. 



Anthus blakistoni, Swinh. 

 (Plate Y. fig. 21.) 



Anthus blakistoni, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 90; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 149 



(1906). 

 Anthus spinoletta blakistoni, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 282 



(1905). 



Eight eggs of Blakiston's Pipit vary from a broad to a rather pointed 

 oval shape and are slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, 

 clouded, mottled, and blotched with brown. In the set of eggs from 

 the Pamir the markings are somewhat sparingly distributed ; while 

 in those from Japan they are dense and obscure much of the ground- 

 colour, especially towards the larger end. They vary from *78 to 

 8 in length, and from '56 to -62 in breadth. 



5. Gulcha, Pamir, Central Asia, 24th St. George Littledale, Esq. 



May. [P.]. 



3. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 10th W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



July. [P.]. 



Anthus pennsylvanicus (Lath.). 



Anthus ludovicianus, Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 40 (1874) ; Baird, 



Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 171 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds 



Eur. iii. p. 331 (1878) j Salv. fy Godm. Biol Centr.-Amer., Aves i 



p. 108 (1880). 

 Anthus spinoletta, var. ludovicianus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds ii. p. 249 



pi. 14 (1884). 

 Anthus pennsylvanicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 596 (1885) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 93 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. \. p. 149 



(1906). 

 Anthus spinoletta pensilvanica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 282 



(1905). 



The eggs of the American Pipit are inseparable from those of 

 A. spipoletta and A. obscurus. They vary from '72 to '9 in length, 

 and from *6 to *63 in breadth. 



2. North America. Old Collection. 



2. Hudson's Bay. Gould Coll. 



4. Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 

 10. Labrador (Tristram Coll.'}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Mt. Evans, Clear Creek Co., W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



Colorado, 25th June (E. Lewis). [P.]. 



Anthus obscurus (Lath.}. 



Anthus aquaticus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 10 a-c 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 174, pi. xliv. fig- iii 

 (1856). 



Anthus obscurus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 343 (1877) ; Seebohm, Brit 

 Birds, ii. p. 244, pi. 14 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 599 



