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ANTHUS BERTHELOTI. 
(CANARIAN PIPIT.) 
Anthus trivialis (L.), Webb & Berth. Orn. Can. p. 16 (1841, nec Linn.). 
Anthus pratensis (L.), Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xv. p. 437 (1855, nec 
Linn.). 
“Anthus campestris, Bechst.,” Bolle, Journ. f. Orn. 1857, p. 288 (nec Bechst.). 
Anthus berthelotii, Bolle, Ibis, 1862, p. 343. 
Anthus bertheloti, Bolle, Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 176. 
Figura nulla. 
$ ad, supra grisescenti-brunneus nec olivaceus, plumis omnibus centraliter saturatioribus : uropygio unicolori : 
corpore subtus albo; collo laterali, pectore et hypochondriis saturaté brunneo striatis: alis et cauda ut 
in A. pratensi: rostro brunnescenti-corneo : pedibus pallidé brunneis. 
2 (juv.?) corpore supra brunneo, plumis omnibus conspicué rufescente marginatis: alis et caudé ut in mare, 
sed conspicué rufescente marginatis. 
Adult Male (Teneriffe). Resembles Anthus pratensis, but has the upper parts much paler and more uniform 
in colour, and slightly tinged with grey; and the spots on the sides of the neck, breast, and flanks are 
usually very small, being mere dull brown narrow striations; arrangement of primaries and tail as in 
A. pratensis; legs very pale brown. Total length about 53 inches, culmen 0°65, wing 2°95, tail 2:5, 
tarsus 0°87, hind toe with claw 0°7. é 
Female in autumn (Madeira, July). Upper parts dark brown, all the feathers broadly margined with rufous, 
these borders being most conspicuous on the quills, wing-coverts, and tail-feathers; underparts as in 
the male above described ; legs very pale, almost white. This bird appears to me to be in immature 
plumage. = 
Obs. This species may at once be distinguished from A. pratensis by its paler, less marked upper parts 
(the rump being greyish brown, entirely unmarked), and by the narrow striations on the underparts, 
as well as by its somewhat smaller size. According to Bolle it never in any stage of plumage or at any 
season of the year has any trace of green in its plumage; whereas A. pratensis has this colour very 
conspicuous in its autumn dress. The female above described is certainly unlike any autumn-killed 
Meadow-Pipit I have ever seen ; and the coloration of the upper surface of its body reminds me some- 
what of Anthus richardi. 'Phe under surface of the body in A. dertheloti appears to be always white, 
and not, in the autumn, washed with buff as in A. pratensis. Specimens from Madeira approach rather 
closer to our European bird, but are still fairly distinguishable, though they have the breast more closely 
and boldly marked than any of the examples from the Canaries. In measurements the five specimens 
I have examined vary as follows :— 
