1921 .] the Near East and Tropical East Africa. 653 
Anthus r. sinensis. 
Corydalla sinensis Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. 1850, p. 247 : 
southern China. 
Corydalla infuscata Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1861, 
p. 96. Type-locality given as the Philippines, but the 
specimen came from the hills of Foochow in southern China 
{cf. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 272). 
Bonaparte’s description of sinensis is that the bird is 
smaller, darker, and more fulvous—“ fusco-ferruginea ”— 
below. I think there is little doubt he meant this race. 
13 examined. 
This appears to be a good race, though a series of breeding 
birds are badly needed. Those I have examined are mostly 
winter birds, but are distinctly smaller than A. r. richardi 
and incline to be more rufous below. But some examples of 
the typical race from southern Siberia and Turkestan are 
equally rufous below, though this is the exception. Wing 
85-91, culmen 17-18, hind claw 15-19 mm. 
La Touche, who appears to recognize this southern Chinese 
race of Richard’s Pipit (Ibis, 1905, p. 46), states that they 
breed on the low hills round Foochow, laying in April and 
May. They arrive from the south in April and leave for 
the south in October, whereas A. r. richardi is but a winter 
visitor to Foochow, arriving from the north in October and 
leaving again in April. Obtained in Hainan and the Philip¬ 
pines in winter. 
Anthus r. striolatus. 
Anthus striolatus Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. 1847, p. 435 : 
Darjiling, eastern Himalayas. 
12 examined. 
Hind claw smaller than in either of the preceding races. 
Frequently with less white on the penultimate tail-feather 
than in A. r. richardi. Slightly paler, more tawny, than 
sinensis. Wing 87-99, culmen 16—17*5, hind claw 10 * 5 - 
15*5 mm. 
Breeds in Central Asia and the Himalayas :—Argun River 
( SybowsJci ), Ala Shan ( Przewalski ), and Sikkim at 15,000 ft. 
[Stanford). Passes through southern Tibet in September 
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