118 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



VINOUS PIPIT. 



Anthus rupestris, Nilsson. Orn. Suec, i., p. 245, 

 t. 9 (1817). 



Professor Newton, in the fourth edition of Yarrell's 

 British Birds, unites this bird with the ,Rock-Pipit ; at 

 the same time he says " that examples generally present 

 a rufous or vinous colouring on the breast, inducing 

 some ornithologists to regard them as forming a distinct 

 species. From either of the species last mentioned 

 {Anthus pratensis and A. spipoletta) A. rupestris can 

 be readily distinguished by having the patches at the 

 end of its outer tail-feathers not white, but pale greyish- 

 brown, just as in our own Rock-Pipit." 



The only reference to the occurrence of this supposed 

 species in Kent is contained in the Birds of Bainham, 

 1894, by Mr. W. Prentis, who writes : " I once had the 

 pleasure of meeting with the Vinous Pipit {Anthus 

 rupestris) one rough March, the wind blowing for several 

 days from the east. The marsh was fall of Rock-Pipits. 

 I observed a strange-looking variety with a reddish-brown 

 breast, sitting upon a barway ; its note, on being 

 disturbed, was very different from the Rock-Pipit's." 



Family ORIOLID^. 



Genus ORIOLUS, Liniiceus. 



GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus galbula, Linuceus. S.N., i., p. IGO (1766). 



The Golden Oriole is almost an annual visitor to the 

 county of Kent, and subjoined is a full account of all, 

 as far as possible, of those that have come under the 



