220 ANTHUS 



325. BROWN ROCK-PIPIT. 

 ANTHUS SIMILIS. 



Anthus similis, (Jerdon), Madr. Journ. xi. p. 35 (1840) ; Dresser, ix. 

 p. 151, pi. C65 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 306 ; A. sordidus r 

 (nee. Eiipp.) Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 236 ; Blanf. E. Pers. ii. p. 237 ; 

 A.jerdoni, (Finsch.) Trans. Z. Soc. vii. p. 241 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat, 

 B. Br. Mus. x. p. 562 ; A. griseomfescens, (Hume), Ibis. 1870 T 

 pp. 286, 400. 



<$ ad. (India). Upper parts pale ashy brown the feathers with brown 

 shaft-stripes and fulvous margins ; wings and tail brown margined with 

 fulvous, the outer rectrix with outer web and tip creamy rufous, the next 

 tipped with creamy rufous ; supercilium and under parts sandy buff, the 

 chin nearly white, the breast with a few ' pale brown spots ; bill dark 

 brown above, flesh coloured below ; legs yellowish flesh ; iris dark brown. 

 Culmen 0'78, wing 4'0, tail 3'55, tarsus 1'12 inch. Sexes alike. In the 

 winter the plumage is darker, the under parts being warm fulvous buff. 



Hob. Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, and the Himalayas, 

 east to the Sikhim Terai and Mughal Sarai, wintering in India- 

 as far south as Khandesh, Jtilna, and Nagpur. 



In general habits it resembles A. richardi, and its note re- 

 sembles that of that species, but is louder and clearer. Its nest 

 is roughly constructed of grass, and placed on the ground 

 amongst grass or under a bush, and the eggs, usually 4 in 

 number, are deposited from May to July, and are brownish 

 or greyish white, marked with brown and purple, measuring 

 from 0-82 by 0'62 to 0'87 by 0'65. 



326. BLYTH'S PIPIT. 

 ANTHUS STRIOLATUS. 



Anthus striolatus, Blyth, J.A.S. Beng. xvi. p. 435 (1847) ; Legge, B. 

 Ceylon, p. 628 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. x. p. 568 ; Tacz. F. 0. 

 Sib. 0. p. 401 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Bird?, ii. p. 308 ; Pleske, 

 Prjeval sky's Reisen, ii. Vog. p. 191. 



$ ad. (India). Differs from A. richardi in being much smaller, having 

 a shorter hind claw, and much less white on the penultimate tail-feathers. 

 Culraen 0'6, wing 3'35, tail 3'0, tarsus TO, hind claw 0'5 inch. 



Hal). Southern Dauria, Mongolia, and the Himalayas, win- 

 tering in India as far south as Ceylon and the Andaman Islands r 

 as far east as Burma, and as far west as Sind. 



