AX THUS 215 



and is constructed of grass-bents, fine roots, and moss, lined 

 with fine roots, horsehair, or a little wool, and the eggs 4 or 5 

 in number, are greyish white, finely spotted and marked with 

 hair-brown or reddish brown, in size averaging about 0*82 by 

 O60. In India and eastern Asia the Water- Pipits are smaller 

 than the European bird, and have on that account been de- 

 scribed as specifically distinct under the names A. Uakistoni 

 (Swinhoe, R Z. S., 1863, p. 90), and A. neglectus (Brooks, Ibis 

 1876, p. 501 ). Anthiis pennsylvanicus, Lath., so nearly resembles 

 the present species, that it has, in error, been included as a 

 European bird. 



319. HODGSON'S PIPIT. 

 ANTHUS ROSACEUS. 



Anthus rosaceus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. x. p.^589 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 311. 



$ ad. (Himalayas). Resembles A. spipoletta differing only in being as 

 a rule rather smaller and in having the axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 sulphur-yellow ; bill dusky, blackish on culmen and fleshy brown at base 

 of lower mandible ; iris dark brown ; feet brownish fleshy ; claws dusky. 

 Culmen 0*5, wing 3'45, tail 2'4, tarsus 0'85 inch. 



Hob. Afghanistan and the Himalayas to western China, 

 wintering in the plains of India. 



In habits it appears to resemble A. spipoletta, and its nest, 

 which has been found in Nepal in May was placed on the 

 ground in a tuft of grass and contained two eggs, and it has 

 been found breeding in Darjeeling. The eggs are said to 

 resemble those of A. spipoletta in size and coloration. 



320. SUBSP. ANTHUS JAPONICUS. 



Anthus japonicus, Temm. and Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves. p. 59, pi. 24, 

 (1850) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. x. p. 598. 



Ad. Differs from A. spipoletta merely in having the upper parts rather 

 more olivaceous in tinge and the under parts honey-buff and more boldly 

 spotted. Culmen 0*55, wing 3'35, tail 2'6, tarsus 0'9 inch. 



Hob. Kamchatka, Dauria, and the Ussuri country, wintering 

 in Japan and China. 



In habits it does not differ from A. spipoletta, and like that 

 species frequents the coasts, and bush-covered plains. It has 

 has been found breeding in Kamchatka. It is a somewhat doubt- 

 ful species differing so little from A. spipoletta and the American 

 Pipit Anthus pennsylvanicus. 



