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RED-THROATED PIPIT. 



INSECTIVOKE. 

 Family MOTACILLIDjE. 



Genus Anthus. ( Bechstein.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak straight, slender, cylindrical, and compressed 

 towards the point, with the edges bent inwards near the middle; base of 

 the upper mandible rather elevated, and the tips slightly hollowed out. 

 Nostrils basal, lateral, partly covered with a membrane; tarsi elongated; 

 middle and external toes united at their base; posterior toe very long, 

 and the claw more or less curved; the longest wing tertial as long or 

 longer than the longest primary. Tail composed of twelve quills, and 

 emargrinated. 



RED-THROATED PIPIT. 



Anthus cervinus. 



Motacilla cervina, 

 Anthus rufogularis, 



cervinus, 



pratensis rufigularis, 



cecilii, 



rosaceus, 

 Pipit a gorge Pousse, 

 Bra unkehliger Weisenpieper, 



Pallas; Zoog., vol. i., p. 511, (181 1.) 



Brehm; Vogel Deut., (1831,) p. 320. 



Temminck; Man., (1835.) 



Ch. Bonaparte, (1838.) 



Schinz. Dubois. Naumann. 



Keyserling and Blasius, (1840.) 



Schlegel; Revue, 1844. 



Audouin. 



Hodgson. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Feathers of upper parts black, distinctly bordered with 

 grey, so as to give a splendid appearance to the plumage. Cheeks, throat, 

 and breast of the male, and throat of the female, russet red, with longi- 

 tudinal dark spots. Hind toe of equal length with the claw; the latter as 

 much or more curved than that of the Rock Pipit. 



