104 MoTACiLLina:. 



Anthus blakistoni, SwinJi. 

 (Plate V. flg. 21.) 



Anthus blakistoni, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 90; Sharpe, HanA-l. v. p. 149 



(1906). 

 Anthus spinoletta blakistoni, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 282 



(1905). 



Eight eggs of Blakiston's Pipit varj' from a broad to a rather pointed 

 oval shape and are slightly glossy. The ground-colour is whitish, 

 clouded, mottled, and blotched with brown. In the set of eggs from 

 the Pamir the markings are somewhat sparingly distributed ; while 

 in those from Japan they are dense and obscure much of the ground- 

 colour, especially towards the larger end. They vary from "78 to 

 •8 in length, and from '56 to -62 in breadth. 



5. Guloha, Pamir, Central Asia, 24:th St. George Littledale, Esq. 



May. [P.]. 



3. Fujiyama, Hondo, Japan, 10th W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



July. [P.]. 



Anthus pennsylvanicus {Lath.). 



Anthus ludovicianus, Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 40 (1874) ; Baird, 



Brewer dr Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 171 (1874) ; Dresser, Birds 



Eur. iii. p. 331 (1878) ; Salv. Sr Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 108 (1880). 

 Anthus spinoletta, var. ludovicianus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 249 



pi. 14 (1884). 

 Anthus pennsylvanicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 696 (1885) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 93 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p 149 



(1906). 

 Anthus spinoletta pensilvanica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun, pt." iii. p. 282 



(1905). 



The eggs of the American Pipit are inseparable from those of 

 A. spipoletta and A. obscurus. They vary from "72 to "9 in length 

 and from "6 to '63 in breadth. 



2, 

 4. 



2. 



5. 



10. 



3 



North America. Old Collection. 



Hudson's Bay. Gould Coll. 



Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 



Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 



Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 



Labrador. Seebohm Coll. 



Labrador (TVisiraM J Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Mt. Evans, Clear Creek Co., W. RadclifEe Saunders Esq 

 Colorado, 25th June (F. lewis). [P.], ^' 



Anthus obscurus (Lath.). 



Anthus aquations, Thien. Fortpflam.- ges. Viig. tab. xxv. fie. 10 a-c 

 (1845-64) ; Sewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 174, pi. xliv. fig, iii 



Anthus obscurus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 343 (1877) ; Seebohm Brit 

 Birds, ii. p. 244, pi. 14 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 599 



