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One, Ditcliling Road, near Brighton, Aug. 25, 1887: 



Chase, Zool, 1887, p. 432. 

 One, LoAvestoft, Sept. 2, 1889, Zool, 1890, p. 57. 

 One, North Denes, Yarmouth, Oct. 7, 1897. 



RED-THROATED PIPIT. Anthus cervinus, Pallas. 

 Length, 5-6 in, ; bill, O'b in. ; wing, 3"5 in. ; tarsus, 

 0-8 in. 



Hah. Breeds in Scandinavia and Siberia, migrating in 

 winter to China, Burma, India, and Egypt. 



One, Unst, Shetland, May 4, 1854, in collection of F. 



Bond : Harting, Field, Aug. 2G, 1871. (Not well 



authenticated.) 

 One, Rainham, Kent, April, 1880 : Prentis, Zool, 1884, p. 



272. Identified by Mr. R. B. Sharpe, and preserved 



by the recorder. 

 One, Brighton, March 13, 1884: Gurney, Zool, 1884, p. 



192. Exhibited by Sharpe, Proc. Zool Soc, 1884, p. 



206: Borrer, "Birds of Sussex," p. 101. In the col- 

 lection of Mr. T. J. Monk of Lewes. 

 One near St. Leonards, Nov. 13, 1895 : Coburn, Zool, 



1896, p. 101. Preserved by the recorder. 



Obs. In the former edition of this Handbook, 

 p. 109, which included the Pennsylvanian Pipit 

 {Anthus ludovicianus, Gmelin) amongst the rarer 

 visitants to this country, on the strength of 

 certain records which apparently had reference 

 to that species, amongst others I cited Edwards 

 ('* Gleanings," ii. p. 185, ph 247), Montagu (" Orn. 

 Diet." art. "Lark, Red"), and Macgillivray ("Man. 

 Brit. Birds," p. 169). In the opinion of Prof. 

 Newton, however, Anthus ludovicianus is " a species 

 not as yet proved to have been observed in Britain " 

 (Yarrell, i. p. 589), and he inclines to the belief 



