PIPITS 365 



the eye, this species hardly differs on the upper 

 parts from Motacilla flava. Dr. Sharpe regards it 

 only as a sub-species, and gives three figures of 

 the head from different specimens, " Brit. Mus. 

 Cat. Birds," vol. x. pi. vii. figs. 4-6. 



TAWNY PIPIT. Anthus campestris, Bechstein. PL 10, 

 fig. 2. Length, 7 in. ; bill, 05 in. ; wing, 3-5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Hab. Southern and South-Eastern Europe and North 

 Africa, occasionally extending to South Africa. 



Two, Brighton, Aug. 17, 1858, and Sept. 24, 1862 : Dawson 



Rowley, Ibis, 1863, p. 37. 

 One, Brighton, Sept. 30, 1864: Dawson Rowley, Ibis, 1865, 



p. 113, and ZooL, 1864, p. 9327. 

 One, Scilly, Sept. 1868: Rodd, Zool, 1868, p. 1458. 

 Two, Brighton, Sept. 6, 1869: Bond, ZooL, 1870, p. 



1984 ; Borrer, " Birds of Sussex," p. 105. 

 One, Bridlmgton, Yorkshire, Nov. 20, 1869 : Zool, 1870, 



pp. 2021, 2068, 2101. In collection of Thos. Boynton. 

 One, Rottingdean, near Brighton, Sept. 29, 1870 : Bond, 



ZooL, 1870, p. 2383. In collection of T. J. Monk. 

 One, Brighton, Oct. 1873: G. D. Rowley, Field, Oct. 11, 



1873 ; ZooL, 1874, p. 3832. In the collection of Sir V. 



Crewe at Calke Abbey. 

 One, Eastbourne, Sussex, Oct. 8, 1874: Clark Kennedy, 



ZooL, 1875, p. 4456. 

 One near Brighton, Oct. 12, 1875: Swaysland, ZooL, 



1875, p. 4694 ; and Bond, ZooL, 1877, p. 299. 



One, Ditchling Bostell, Sussex, Sept. 29, 1876 : Mathew, 



ZooL, 1877, p. 342. Borrer, op. cit. 

 One, Brighton, Oct. 1876: G. D. Rowley, Field, Oct. 22, 



1876. In his collection. 



One, Brighton, Oct. 23, 1882 : Parkin, ZooL, 1883, p. 34. 

 Three caught on the downs north-east of Brighton, Oct. 

 1886, Langton, ZooL, 1886, p. 490. 



