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TAWNY PIPIT. 

 Anthus campestris {L.). 



Accidental visitant from Continental Europe, of extremely rare 

 occurrence. 



The Tawny Pipit is found in the western and southern 

 portions of the Continent, migrating in winter to Africa 

 and Asia Minor. 



The only Yorkshire example, a male, was found at 

 Barmston in Holderness, on the 20th of November 1869, 

 by Mr. Thomas Boynton, and is preserved in his collection 

 at Bridlington, where I have had the pleasure of examining 

 it. (See Zool. 1870, pp. 2021, 2068, 2100.) 



[A specimen of Richard's Pipit, Anthus richardi (Vieill.) 

 is said, on the authority of the late David Graham of York, 

 to have occurred on the coast in 1849 i^ool. 1849, p. 2569), 

 but the circumstances connected with its occurrence are not 

 of a sufficiently reliable nature to warrant its inclusion in 

 the Yorkshire list.] 



ROCK PIPIT. 



Anthus obscurus {Laf/iam). 



Resident, local ; confined to, and generally distributed on, the 

 coast. A regular spring and autumn migrant. 



The first allusion to the Rock Pipit, as being a native 

 of Yorkshire, is contained in Thomas Allis's oft-mentioned 

 Report of 1844, as follows :— 



Anthi(s obscurus. — Rock Pipit. Arthur Strickland observes that 

 the Pipit or Rock Lark is general all along the coast, confining itself to 

 the sea shore and cliffs adjoining ; this species, which frequents this 

 country and the northern shores of Europe, is to be designated obscurus 

 and is the " Dusky Lark " of Pennant and Levvin. The aquaticiis 

 is ascertained to be a distinct species, and frequents a more southern 

 range than the last. 



