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[Pam. MOTACILLIDiE 



ANTHTJS novj: zealandij;. 



(NEW-ZEALAND PIPIT.) 



New-Zealand Lark, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 384, pi. 21 (1783). 



Alauda novce seelandiw, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 799 (1788). 



Alauda littorea, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 90 (1844). 



Anthus novce zealandice. Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Birds, p. 4 (1844) 



Anthus grayi, Bonap. Con sp. Gen. Av. i. p. 249 (1850). 



Anthus aucMandica, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 254. 



Corydalla aucMandica, id. Hand-1. of B. i. p. 253 (1869). 



Corydalla novce zealandiw, id. o^. cit. i. p. 253 (1869). 



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Native names. 



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brunneus, fulvescente lavatus, plurals medialiter pauUo saturatioribus, uropygio unicolori fulvescenti- 

 brunneo : loris et supercilio lato fulvescenti-albis : line^ brunne^ per oculum ab ortu rostri duct4 : genis 

 et regione parotica albidis, lific pauUo brunneo maculata : fascia mystacali irregulari brunnea : colli 

 latenbus dorso concoloribus et eodem modo notatis : tectricibus alarum brunncis, minimis Iste et 

 conspicue aurantiaco-fulvo lavatis, majoribus anguste fulvido marginatis : rcmigibus brunneis, primariis 

 angustissime, secundariis latiiis fulvo marginatis : cauda brunneA, fulvo marginatii, rectrice extima fere 

 omnmo alba, pogonio interne versiis basin brunneo, proximo versus apicem oblique albfi, tertia extus 

 anguste albo limbata : subtus fulvescenti-albus, hypocliondriis brunneis : pectore superiore brunneo 

 longitudinaliter maculate: rostro corneo, mandibuM flavicante : pedibus flavicanti-brunneis : iride 

 saturate brunnea. 



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similis adultis, sed pallidior, plumis indistincte fulvo marginatis : collo postico conspicue fulvescente : 

 tectricibus alarum, remigibus et rectricibus latius fulvo marginatis : subtus sordide albus, pectore 

 superiore vix distincte brunneo striolato. 



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Adult. Upper parts brownish grey, darker on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; on the back, each feather centred 

 with brown ; from the base of the bill a broad line of white passes above, and an irregular band of black 

 extends across the eyes ; cheeks greyish white, minutely spotted with black ; chin, or intercrural space, 

 white ; throat, fore neck, and upper part of breast fulvous, with numerous broad dashes of brown ; 

 underparts white, tinged on the flanks and under tail-coverts with fulvous ; sides of the body greyish white, 

 with longitudinal streaks of brown ; all the plumage of the underparts plumbeous at the base ; wing- 

 feathers and their coverts dark brown, margined on their outer webs with fulvous grey, broadest on the 

 tertiaries, and reduced to a mere line on the primaries ; the marginal colour changes to fulvous white 

 on the secondary coverts, presenting, when tlie wings are closed, a series of small cresccntic bands ; 

 tail-feathers dark brown, with paler edges, except the two outermost ones on each side, which are white, 

 the inner one crossed by an oblique band of dusky brown, and the outer one with n mprp strpnV nf +Tia 



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