. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 550 MOTACniilD^. f. sk ^ fp.]. q. Ad. sk. Himalayas. '/j. Ad. sk. Nepal. '.'.l/".s. As. Soc. p. 136 (1849); £p. Consp. i. p. 248 (1850): Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 251, no. 3643 (1869); mime, Sir. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 461; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 103; Davison, Sfr. F. 1883, p. 397. Pipastes montanuB, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 230 (1863); Bbith, Ibis, 18(?)7, p. 312 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 383 (1873); Fairb. Sir. F. 1877, p. 407. Anthus trivialis, pt., Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 309 (1874)..
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 550 MOTACniilD^. f. sk ^ fp.]. q. Ad. sk. Himalayas. '/j. Ad. sk. Nepal. '.'.l/".s. As. Soc. p. 136 (1849); £p. Consp. i. p. 248 (1850): Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 251, no. 3643 (1869); mime, Sir. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 461; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 103; Davison, Sfr. F. 1883, p. 397. Pipastes montanuB, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 230 (1863); Bbith, Ibis, 18(?)7, p. 312 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 383 (1873); Fairb. Sir. F. 1877, p. 407. Anthus trivialis, pt., Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 309 (1874).. Foot of Anthus nilgkirieiisis. Hind daw stout and strongly curved, much shorter than the hind toe. Tarsus considerably longer than the hind toe and claw com- bined. Primaries equal, 2, 4 ; tliird a trifle longer, Jirst a trifle shorter, than second ; fifth shorter than first, and equal iu length to long secondaries. Feet reaching to three fourths of length of tail (in skin). Primaries ernarginate, 2,3, 4, 5, the last quite distinct. Sometimes the long secondaries exceed the tips of the primaries in the closed wing. Adult male. General colour above light sandy buff, paler on the edges of the feathers of the mantle, the whole upper surface broadly streaked with black down the centre of the feathers, whicli have a slight tinge of olive. Rump more uniform, the black centres to the feathers less distinct; lesser wing-coverts and scapulars olive-brown, with indistinct blackish centres to the feathers ; median and greater coverts blackish, externally sandy brown, paler at the end ; bastard- wing and primary-coverts blackish, naiTowly edged with ashy ful- vous ; quills blackish, edged with sandy buff, washed with olive, the edges to the inner secondaries much paler, the first primary. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble th
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