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trivialis, and he proposed to separate this local breeding- 

 form as 



Anthus trivialis haringtoni, subsp. n. 



c? and ? ad. differing from Anthus trivialis trivialis and 

 A. t. maculatus by the bill being much broader, especially 

 at the base, and altogether coarser and less fine ; in summei'- 

 plumage the black streaks on the breast are wider and much 

 more pronounced and extend further down the flanks than 

 is usual in A. t. trivialis, though occasionally examples of 

 the typical form have equally broad streaks ; the under- 

 parts of A. t. haringtoni are thus much like those of A. t. 

 maculatus; the upper-parts in summer-plumage are broadl}^ 

 streaked with black-brown, as in A. t. trivialis, and have 

 no tinge of green. Bill-length from the skull to the tip, 

 S , 14-16 mm. ; width at the base of nostrils 5'5-G. 



Hab. Breeding in high ground (9,000-12,500 ft.) from 

 Hazara to Gilghit and apparently south to Dhurmsalah. 



Ttjpe.S^A. Gittidas,KaghanValley, 11,000ft., 2. vii. 1914. 

 In H. F. Witherby coll. Collected by the late Col. H. H. 

 Harington. 



Obs. " The typical Anthus trivialis trivialis passes through 

 the Punjab at the migration jjeriods, and possibly passes 

 through, or very near, the breeding-grounds of A. t. 

 haringtoni. The specimens in the British Museum ob- 

 tained by the late Capt. C. H. T. Whitehead in the Kaghan 

 Valley in July 1908 at 12,000 ft., and others from Gilghit, 

 Aliabad Serai, and Dhurmsalah are referable to the new 

 form. An example in juvenile plumage from Gilghit 

 (22. vii. 1879, 9500 ft.) has the wide bill of A. t. haringtoni. 

 The type of Anthus agilis Sykes from the Deccan, in the 

 British Museum collection, has the fine bill and fine breast- 

 streaks typical of Anthus trivialis trivialis. Seven specimens 

 in the same collection, taken by Severtzofi'in Turkestan and 

 labelled by him Anthus microrhynchus {cf. 'Ibis,' 1876, p. 180, 

 and 1883, p. 63), are also typical A. trivialis." 



Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker observed that Mr. Witherbv's 



