90 MR. R. SWINHOE ON NEW AND [Mar. 24, 



Genus Anthtjs. 



Neither Von Schrenck nor Middendorff notice a Rock- Pipit from 

 Siberia or the Amoor ; nor has one yet been noted from Japan. I 

 have never traced the form in any part of China. We are, how- 

 ever, indebted to Capt. Blakiston for the capture of a specimen of 

 this group, allied to A. obscurns, L., on the banks of the Yangtsze 

 Eiver, 150 miles inland. This skin closely tallies with one in Mr. 

 Gould's collection from Ireland ; but ours has a whiter face and 

 cheek, and the pectoral spots, which blend away obscurely in the 

 Irish skin, are in ours distinct and well marked. On the specific 

 merits of the various forms of Rock-Pipit procured in different 

 parts of Great Britain and Europe I will leave European naturalists 

 to dispute. For the present, until the acquisition of a larger number 

 of specimens shall prove the Chinese bird identical with the varying 

 forms of the West, I propose to consider ours as distinct, under a 

 specific designation taken from the name of its discoverer. It may, 

 however, be only a well-marked race, to which the British forms may 

 be found occasionally to assimilate ; or it is just possible that the 

 specimen procured in Ireland may be one of the several Eastern birds 

 that in some unaccountable way has found its way to the shores of 

 Great Britain. 



Anthus blakistoni, sp. nov. 



Bill blackish brown on culmen and tip, light brown on remainder; 

 legs blackish brown, paler on tarsi ; upper parts light yellowish 

 brown, grey on the nape ; crown and back with centres of feathers 

 deep brown ; lore, eyebrow, and chin cream-white ; under parts 

 cream-white, spotted on the breast and streaked on the flanks with 

 brown ; axillaries pure white ; wings brown, feathers edged paler ; 

 coverts and tertiaries broadly edged and tipped with cream-white, 

 forming a double bar across the wing ; tail brown^ the central fea- 

 thers yellowish brown, edged paler ; the outer lateral tail-feather, on 

 the entire outer web, and great part of inner near the apex, white ; 

 second lateral edged exteriorly and largely tipped with white. 



Length .5 ; wing 37 ; tail 2*7 ; tarsi '85. 



Anthus gustavi, n. sp. 



This species, which visits the island of Amoy for a few days, 

 about the middle of May, may I think be regarded as a summer 

 visitant to the south of China. Mr. Blyth has examined a specimen, 

 and assures me that it differs from all the Indian species he is ac- 

 quainted with ; and I can find nothing in Europe approaching it. It 

 is more nearly allied to some Australian forms. It is about the size 

 of A. pratensisy L. I have named it after Gustavus Schlegel (son 

 of Dr. Schlegel of Leyden), who was the first to procure the bird at 

 Amoy. 



Length 6 ; wing 3' 1 to 3*4 ; tail 2*3 ; tarsi '88 ; bill, along front, -5. 



Bill and feet strong, approaching Corydalla, the former with a 

 slight upward curve ; throat, axillaries, and centre of belly pure 

 white ; upper parts yellowish brown, with a rich chestnut-tinge, the 



