]2 ANTHID.-E. 



which are rich oclirc-yellow ; the legs and feet are of the same 

 ochre-yellow, the claws and joints dusky. This is the autumnal 

 plumage after the general moult. By degrees the olive tinge 

 wears away, and the plumage inclines more to pale brown, 

 sometimes approaching to ash upon the borders of the scapu- 

 lars, wing-coverts, and tertials ; and the under parts have less 

 of the yellow tinge in spring than in autumn. 



In Plate 92 is represented the Meadow Pipit in autumnal 

 plumage, from a specimen shot in September, and the same 

 figure points out the egg of this species. 



