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Anthus australis. Vicj. $ Horsf. 



Anthus australis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 12 (1845-54) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Ausfr. i. p. 392 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. x. p. 615 (1885) ; North, Nests Se Eyg* Austr. Birds, p. 158 

 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersnmml. p. 93 (1>99) ; Campbell, Nests $ 

 Eijfjs Auttr. Birds, i. p. 459 pi. 15 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. 

 p. 151 (1906). 



The eggs of the Australian Pipit are of a regular oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, densely mottled with 

 brown and lavender. Specimens measure from -86 to '91 in length, 

 and from -6 to '68 in breadth. 



Dawson River, Queensland, 19th 



Sept. (North Coll.). 

 Moreton Bay. 

 Moreton Bay. 

 New South Wales. 

 Dobroyd, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. 



Ramsay: Tristram Coll.}. 

 Canterbury, N.S.W., 14th Oct. 

 Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria. 

 South Australia. 

 South Australia. 

 Tasmania. 



Tasmania (.7. Gould; Tristram Coll.}. 

 Australia. 



Crowley Bequest, 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Carter Coll. 



Anthus novae-zealandiae (Gmel.}. 

 (Plate Y. figs. 16 & 17.) 



Anthus novae-zealandiae, Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Imst. ii. p. 61 (1869) ; 

 iii. p. 76 (1870) ; Sfiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 616 (1885) ; 

 Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 63 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 93 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 151 (1906). 



Eggs of the New Zealand Pipit are of an ordinary oval shape 

 and rather highly glossy. They are greyish-white, profusely 

 mottled or spotted with brown, especially round the broad end, 

 where a wide confluent zone is sometimes formed. They measure 

 from -88 to -92 in length, and from -62 to -69 in breadth. 



1. Christchurch, New Zealand. 



2. Otago (Crowfoot). 



1. Otago, 1st Nov. (Seymour}. 



1. Otago, 19th Dec. (Seymour}. 



Capt. R. Snow [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Anthus steindachneri, Reischek. 



Anthus steindachneri, Reischek, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xxi.p. 388 (1889) ; Sharpe 

 Bull. B. O. C. xiii. no. xcvii. p. 59 (1903) ; id. Hand-l. v. p. 151 (1906)'. 



Two eggs of the Antipodes Island Pipit, in a very broken con- 

 dition, appear to have been of a rather long oval shape and are very 

 slightly glossed. The ground-colour is greyish-white, finely mottled 



