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Anthus australis, Vig. Sf Horsf. 



Anthus australis, Thieti. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. tig. 12 (1845-54) ; 

 Goidd, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 392 (1865) ; SJmrpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. X. p. 615 (1885) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 158 

 (1889); Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 93 (1899); Campbell, Nests ^ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 469 pi. 15 (1901) : Sharpe, Sand-l. v. 

 p. 151 (1906). 



The eggs of the Australian Pipit are of a regular oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, densely mottled with 

 brown and lavender. Specimens measure from -86 to "91 in length, 

 and from "6 to -BS in breadth. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 19th Crowley Bequest. 

 Sept. {North Coll.). 



1. Moreton Bay. Gould Coll. 

 5. Moreton Bay. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. Dobroyd, N.S.W., Oct. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 



3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 14th Oct. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Crowley Bequest. 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



2. Tssm&m.s. (J. QouU; Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



8. Australia. Carter "Coll. 



Anthus novaB-zealandise {Qmel.). 

 (Plate V. figs. 16 & 17.) 



Anthus novse-zealandiffi. Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 61 (1869) ; 

 iii. p. 76 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 616 (1885) ; 

 Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 63 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 93 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 151 (1906). 



Eggs of the New Zealand Pipit are of an ordinary oval shape 



and rather highly glossy. They are greyish-white, profusely 



' mottled or spotted with brown, especially round the broad end, 



where a wide confluent zone is sometimes formed. They measure 



from -88 to •92 in length, and from -62 to -69 in breadth. 



1. Christchurch, New Zealand. Capt. E. Snow [P.]. 



2. Otago (CroM)/ooi). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Otago, Ist Nov. (Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Otago, 19th Dec. {Seymmir). Crowley Bequest. 



Anthus steindachneri, Beischek. 



Anthus steindachneri, Beischeh, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xxi. p. 388 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Bua. B, O. C. xiii. no. xcvii. p. 59 (1903); id. Handrl. v. p. 151 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Antipodes Island Pipit, in a very broken con- 

 dition, appear to have been of a rather long oval shape and are very 

 slightly glossed. The ground-colour is greyish-white, finely mottled 



