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ANTHUS CAMPESTRIS 



66. Anthus campestris (L.)— THE TAWNY PIPIT. 



Alauda campestris Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. IGO (1758 — "Habitat 



in Europa." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Anthus campestris (Linna?us), Yarrell, i, p. 592 ; Saunders, p, 137. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Thirty or more in past fifty years 

 in autumn in Sussex, where Mr. M. J. Nicoll recently considered 

 it an annual visitor, and had evidence that a pair bred 1905, and 

 again possibly 1906. Elsewhere very rare straggler — one Scilly 

 Isles, Sept. 1868 ; one Yorks., Nov. 20, 1869 ; one Hants., 1879 ; 

 one Lowestoft (Suffolk) Sept. 2, 1890 ; one Yarmouth (Norfolk) 

 Oct. 9, 1897 ; one Cornwall, Sept. 16, 1899 ; one Cley (Norfolk) 

 Sept. 15, 1910. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe from south and middle Sweden 

 to Mediterranean and north-west Africa, east to central Asia. 

 In winter in tropical Africa and north-west India. The existence 

 of a smaller form is doubtful {cf. Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i, 

 p. 269). 



ANTHUS TRIVIALIS 



67. Anthus trivialis trivialis (L.)— THE TREE-PIPIT. 



Alauda trivialis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 166 (1758 — Sweden). 

 Anthus arhoreus MacGillivray, Hist. Brit. B., 11, p. 188 ; Thompson 

 B. Ireland, i, p. 224. 

 Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 569 ; Saunders, p. 131. 



Distribution. — England and Wales. — Summer-resident. Fairly 

 distributed and common except west Cornwall, but occurs autumn 

 on Scilly Isles. Scotland. — Plentiful south-west and fairty distri- 

 buted elsewhere to central, but rarer northwards ; very rare Suther- 

 land, and does not breed Caithness, not recorded Shetlands, and 

 only once or t^\dce as vagrant Orkneys and O. Hebrides, but regular 

 spring and autumn passage-migrant Fair Isle. Ireland. — Reported 

 occurrences not authenticated. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe from Tromso and north Russia 

 to north Spain, higher portions of Italy, and in small numbers to 

 south-east Europe (mountains of Greece), in Asia to the Yenisei 

 and Tian-Shan. Migrates in winter to Mediterranean, tropical 

 Africa, and north-west India. 



ANTHUS PRATENSIS 



68. Anthus pratensis (L.)— THE MEADOW-PIPIT. 



Alauda pratensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 166 (1758 — " Habitat 

 in Europse pratis." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 

 Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 575 ; Saunders, p. 133. 



