Oarans PASSERES.] [Fam. motacillidje. 



ANTHUS N0V.E ZEALANDI.E. 



(NEW-ZEALAND PIPIT.) 



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



Alauda nova? seelandia?, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 799 (1788). 



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



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



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



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



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



Corydalla nova zealandias, id. op. cit. i. p. 253 (1869). 



Native names. 

 Pihoihoi and Whioi ; " Ground-Lark " of the colonists. 



Ad. brunneus, fulvescente lavatus, plumis medialiter paullo saturatioribus, uropygio unicolori fulvescenti- 

 bruimeo : loris et supercilio lato fiilvescenti-albis : linea brunnea per oculum ab ortu rostri ducta : genis 

 et regione parotica, albidis, Me paullo brunneo inaculata : fascia mystacali irregulari brunnea : colli 

 lateribus dorso concoloribus et eodem modo notatis : tectricibus alarum brunneis, minimis l;ete et 

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

 angustissime, secundariis latius fulvo marginatis : Cauda brunnea, fulvo marginata, rectrice extima fere 

 omnino alba, pogonio interno versus basin brunneo, proxima versus apicem oblique alba, tertia, extus 

 anguste albo limbata : subtiis fulvescenti-albus, hypocbondriis brunneis : pectore superiore brunneo 

 longitudinaliter maculato : rostro corneo, mandibula flavicante : pedibus flavicanti-brunneis : iride 

 saturate brunnea. 



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

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

 superiore vix distincte brunneo striolato. 



Adult. Upper parts brownish grey, darker on the rump and upper tail-covcrts ; 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-covcrts 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 the wings are closed, a scries of small crescentic 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 a mere streak of the 



