


502 Mr. W. E. Brooks’s Ornithological 
generally found it in company with Anthus rosaceus. Ihave 
not, however, always found it at “jheels” frequented by this 
latter species, which is a far more abundant bird. Its call- 
and alarm-notes are like those of Anthus pratensis. 'The fol- 
lowing are dimensions of some examples I have by me :— 
No. Sex. Wing. Tail. Bill at front. Tarsus. 
Ve 3 3°22 2°6 ‘45 88 
2. 3 od 2°63 45 88 
3. 2 3°15 2:57 45 87 
4, 2 3°33 2°6 46 83 
5. 2 3°25 2°55 46 88 
6. oe 3'2 2°65 45 88 
7. Q 32 2°55 43 87 
8. 2 3°28 2°5 45 85 
9. 2 3°23 2°65 46 86 
10. 2 o'12 2°45 43 87 
sak 2 3'3 2°52 45 88 
12. 2 31 2°5 ‘45 83 
18. + 3°27 2°6 “46 85 
I have seen other males in addition to the two noted above. 
A glance at the above dimensions shows this Pipit to be 
very different from those of the large A. spinoletta. 
Moracitia crtReoLorpeEs, Hodgs. (anted, p. 178). 
The black-backed yellow-headed Wagtail is apparently re- 
ferred to. J have examined Hodgson’s original drawings; 
and both illustrations of M. citreoloides represent M. citreola, 
Pallas. Apparently Mr. Hodgson did not know the black- 
backed bird in breeding-plumage; but he discriminates it in 
winter dress as M. calcaratus. This bird has, as a rule, a 
stouter and longer tarsus than M. citreola, and also a longer 
hind claw. It is by the long tarsus alone that I connect 
Hodgson’s M. calcaratus with the black-backed bird; for the 
tarsus was drawn of maximum length, with which the figured 
dimensions correspond. No M. citreola has a tarsus of such 
a length. 
Hodgson’s drawing of M. citreoloides hardly shows the 
black collar which is characteristic of M. citreola; but I have 
seen several examples of the latter in which the collar had 
not been acquired, being missed in the spring moult, although 

