92 M0TACILLIDJ3. 



Anthus maculatus, Jard. 



(Plate V. fig. 4.) 



ripastes agilis, Tacx. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 84, taf. ii. figs. 22, 23, 24. 

 Anthus maculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 547 (1885) ; Seebohm, 



Birds Jupan. Emp. p. 115 (1890) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 



ii. p. 304 (1890) ; id., ed. JIvme, Nests \ Etjgs Ind. Birds, ii. 



p. 209 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 92 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. 



Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 212 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 145 (1906). 

 Pipastes maculatus, Tacz. Faune Orn. Sib4r. Orient, p. 891 (1891). 

 Anthus trivialis maculatus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 278 



(1905). 



Eggs of the Eastern Tree-Pipit, of which there is a large 

 series in the Collection, are as a rule pretty uniform in colour, and 

 of a very broad oval shape, perfectly devoid of gloss. They are 

 cream-coloured, smeared and clouded with pale lilac-red, over which 

 are laid blotches of dull reddish-brown and, in the majority of the 

 specimens, spots, lines, and hieroglyphics of very deep purplish-red. 

 They are not unlike some of the eggs of A. trivialis. Three sets of 

 eggs from Fujiyama are, however, of a very different type. In two 

 sets the ground-colour is yellowish-white, very finely and densely 

 spotted all over with chocolate-brown ; in the third set the ground- 

 colour is whitish or greenish-white, and equally finely marked with 

 purplish-grey and lavender. They measure from "75 to "84 in 

 length, and from -6 to -65 in breadth. 



Anthus nilghiriensis, Sharjoe. 



(Plate V. fig. 5.) 



Anthus nilghiriensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 550 (1885) ; Oates 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 305 (1890); id., ed. Hume, A'ests 

 Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 211 (1890); Sharpe, Hund-l. v. p. ]45 

 (1906). 



The eggs of the Nilghiri Pipit are of a somewhat narrow oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. The five specimens in the Collection 

 vary considerably. Three examples are greyish-white, very densely 



