BLYTH^S PIPIT. 
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which it utters when about to take wing ; and it is very wary, as a rule, 
allowing no very near approach. Little or nothing is known regarding its 
nidification, notwithstanding that a considerable number of birds appear 
to breed annually in Europe. 
159. CORYDALLA STEIOLATA. 
BLYTH^S PIPIT. 
Anthus striolata, Bl. J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 435. Corydalla striolata, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 
p. 233 5 Brooks, S. F. i. p. 359 • Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 366 ; Hume, S. F. viii. 
p. 103 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 628. 
Description. — Male and female. Like C. richardi in plumage, but to be 
recognized from it by the colour o£ the tail. In C. richardi the tri- 
angular patch of white on the inner web of the penultimate tail-feathers is 
about two inches in length, and never in any case less than an inch and a 
half; in C. striolata the patch is never quite an inch, and is most frequently 
only half an inch in length. It may also be discriminated from C. richardi 
by its much shorter tarsi, weaker feet aud shorter claws. The markings 
on the breast appear also to be always more numerous in C. striolata than 
in C richardi. 
Length 7 to 8 inches, tail 3, wing 3*5, tarsus 1"05, hind claw '4 to '55, 
bill from gape '8. 
Blyth''s Pipit was procured by Mr. Davison at Mergui and Bankasoon, 
in Tenasserim, where he found it rare. It is not yet known to occur in 
any other part of British Burmah. 
Owing to its similarity to the preceding species, it is doubtful what the 
geographical distribution of this bird is. It seems to occur in Nipal and 
Sikhim, and pretty well over the whole of India and Ceylon. It is said 
also to have been obtained in the Andaman Islands by Capt. Wardlaw 
Bamsay. 
It is no doubt a migratory species ; but owing to the few observers who 
have met with it having failed to give dates, it is impossible to say where it 
is found in summer and winter respectively. Mr. S winhoe, in his last list of 
the birds of China, does not mention this species. It is probable that it 
retires to breed to Central Asia, the favourite nesting-place of so many of 
the migratory birds. 
In habits this Pipit is not likely to differ from C. richardi. 
