538 Birds of Celebes: Motacillidae. 



4 222. ANTHUS GUSTAVI Swinh. 

 Siberian Pipit. 



Anthus gustavi (1) Swinli., P. Z. S. 1S63, 90; (2) id., Ibis 1874, 442; (3) Briigg., Abb. 

 Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 67; (4) Seeb., Ibis 1877, 128; (5) Tweedd., Ibis 1877, 258; 

 (6) Sharpe, Tr. Z. S. (2) I, 1877, 338; (7) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 430; (8) Seeb., 

 Ibis 1878, 341; (9) Sharpe, Ibis 1879, 262; (10) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 415; 

 (11) id., ib. 552; (12) id., ib. 572; (12) Sharpe, Cat. B., X, 1885, 613; (13) Wardl. 

 Rams., Ibis 1886, 160; (14) Styan, Ibis 1887, 223; (15) Sharpe, Ibis 1888', 201; 

 (16) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 314; (17) Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 431; (17^'') Everett, 

 J. Str. Br. E. A S. 1889, 103; (18) Whitehd., Ibis 1890, 52; (19) Sharpe, t. c. 280; 

 (20) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1890, 139; (21) Steere, List Coll. B. & M. Philipp. Is. 

 1890, 21; (22) Styan, Ibis 1891, 321, 344; (23) Tacz., Paun. Orn. Sib. Orient. 

 1891,1,398; (24)'De\j& Touche, Ibis 1892,420; (XXV) Meyer, Abb. v. Vogelskel. n, 

 1892, p. 45, t. CLXXI; (26) Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 259; (27) Bourns & Worces., 

 B. Menage Exp. 1894, 38; (28) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 6; (29) 

 Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 168; (30) Grant, Ibis 1896, 554. 



a. Anthus batchianensis (1) Gray, BXi. I, 1869, 251, Nr. 3642. 



b. Corydalla gustavi (1) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1871, 366; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, Vm, 117; 



(3) Meyer, J. f. 0. 1873, 405; (4) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 309; (5) 

 Salvad., Orn. Pap. II, 1881, 432; (6) Pleske, Bull. Ac. Sc. Petersb. 1884, 128; (7) 

 Salvad., 0. P. Agg. 1890, 138. 



c. Anthus seebohmi (I) Dresser, B. Eur. Ill, 295, pi. 134 (1875); (2) Seeb. & Har. Brown, 



Ibis 1876, 120; (3) Dresser, t. c. 180; (4) Brooks, t. c. 501; (5) Finsch, Ibis 

 1877, 58; (6) Seeb. t. c. 128. 



d. Anthus stejnegeri (1) Ridgw., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 95, 369. 

 For further references see Salvad. h 5; Sharpe 12\ Tacz. 23. 



Figures and descriptions. Dresser c /; Meyer J^lXF (skel.); Swinhoe i; Brliggemann 5; 

 Salvadori h 5; Sharpe 12; Taczanowski 23. 



Adult male (October). Head and neck ochraceous brown, with broad black centres to the 

 feathers; lores buff, with black hair-points intermingled; ear- coverts dull brown; 

 a rictal and a submalar streak (extending to side of neck) of sooty black spots, 

 with a buff stripe between them; mantle black, with light ochraceous buff margins 

 to the feathers; lesser wing-coverts black, margined with oHve-browoi; middle 

 series black, broadly tijDped with fulvous white; greater series and inner quills 

 black, externally margined and tipped with tawny; primaries and tail-feathers 

 dusky, externally margined with tawny, the outermost tail-feather white, dusky towards 

 base, the next with the terminal third white, the outer margin dusky; lower back 

 and ujjjjer tail-coverts olive-brown, the centres of the feathers black; chin and 

 throat cream-white; remaining under-parts huffy wliite, clear on the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts, broadly streaked with sooty on breast, sides and flanks. 

 Wing 84 mm; tail 58; tarsus 23; bill from nosti'il 10 [cf, Rurukan, Minahassa, 

 5. X. 87: Platen in Mus. Nehrk., Nr. 1847). "Iris brown; bill above dark brown, 

 below and feet Light brown" (PL). 



Another example answering to Mr. Dresser's plate and descriptions was ob- 

 tained by oui- native collectors in Manado tua, 26*'' May, 1894 (C 13365). 



Sex. The sexes are similar. 



Remark. Dr. Sharpe (12) considers that the species is more richly coloured on its return to 

 its breeding quarters (May). 



