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THE TAWNY PIPIT. 



Anthus camp^stris (Linnaeus). 



The Tawny Pipit was first noticed as a wanderer to our islands by 

 the late Mr. G. Dawson Rowle}', who recognized two examples shot 

 in autumn near Brighton, one of which had previously been taken 

 for a Richard's Pipit (Ibis 1863, p. 37). Since that time about a 

 score have been obtained, at the same season of various years, in 

 Sussex ; one at Trescoe, Scilly Islands, in September 1868 ; one at 

 Bridlington, Yorkshire, on November 20th 1S69; and one near 

 Lowestoft, September 2nd 1890; while other occurrences may have 

 been overlooked. 



It is somewhat remarkable that the Tawny Pipit should not have 

 been noticed on our shores in spring ; inasmuch as it is an annual 

 visitor, for the purpose of breeding, to the sandy dunes of the north 

 of France and Holland, and suitable dry wastes inland. Rare 

 in Denmark, it passes over Heligoland on migration, and is not 

 uncommon in the south of Sweden ; while on the islands and the 

 south-eastern side of the Baltic as far as Riga it is generally 

 distributed in summer. Southward it occurs, either breeding or on 

 passage, in most of the stony and arid districts of Europe down to 

 the Mediterranean ; north of which sea it is not found in winter. 

 In Northern Africa it is probably a resident species ; while its 

 migrations are known to extend to the Canaries and down to 



