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INSECTIVOPviE. 
Fam ily M 0 TA CIL L I DAE. 
Genus Anthus. f Bechstem.J 
Generic Characters . — Beak slraiglit, slender, cylindrical, and 
compressed towards the point, with the edges bent inwards 
near the middle; base of the upper mandible rather elevated, 
and the tips slightly hollowed out. Nostrils basal, lateral, 
partly covered wdth a membrane; tarsi elongated; middle and 
external toes united at their base; posterior toe very long, 
and the claw more or less curved; the longest wing tertial as 
long, or longer than the longest primary. Tail composed of 
twelve quills, and emarginated. 
KED-THROATED PIPIT. 
Anthus cercinus. 
Motacilla cervina, 
Anthus rufvyularis, 
a a 
<< (C 
it tc 
“ cervinus, 
“ pratensis rufigularis. 
“ cecilii, 
“ rosaceus. 
Pipit a gorge Pousse, 
Praunkeh tiger Wiesenpieper, 
Pallas; Zoog., vol. i., p. 511, 
(1811.) 
Bkehji; Vogel Deut, (1831,) 
p. 320. 
Temminck; Man., (1835.) 
Ch. Boxapaete; (1838.) 
ScHiNz. Dubois. Naumann. 
Keysekling and Blasius, 
(1840.) 
Schlegel; Revue, 1844. 
Audouin. 
Hodgson. 
Of the Peench. 
Of the Geemans. 
