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amining (and all of which appear to me to be specifically dis- 

 tinct), arranged in what appears to me to be their natural 

 order : — 



Tinnunculus sparverius (Linn.). Tinnunculus rupicola {Daud.), 



sparverioides (Vigors). moluccensis (Schlegel). 



gracilis (Lesson). : alaudarius (Gmel). 



newtoni, nobis. cenchroides (Vigors). 



punctatus (Temm.). cenchris (Frisch). 



rupicoloides ( Smith) . 



V. — Notice of the Occurrence of the Tawny Pipit (Anthus ru- 

 fescens) in Great Britain. By George Dawson Rowley. 



The fact that the Tawny Pipit is common in France would lead us 

 to suppose that it might be found, more or less frequently, on our 

 south coasts. I think I have established, in two instances, that 

 it already has been taken near Brighton, and have little doubt 

 that more examples would have been known had the attention 

 of ornithologists been directed towards the species. Late on 

 the evening of Sept. 24th last, a person named Wing brought 

 a Pipit, in the flesh, to Mr. George Swaysland, naturalist, 

 4 Queen^s Road, Brighton, with directions to stuff it for him. 

 Swaysland saw at once that it was a curious bird, and, after 

 some conversation, induced Wing to part with it, calling to his 

 attention that he did not collect, and it could not be a parti- 

 cular object of interest to any one but an ornithologist. 



Having succeeded, Swaysland took down the particulars, and 

 sent for me. I read Wing's address and the paper, M'hich 

 stated that he had shot the bird on the cliff, about a mile and a 

 half from Rottingdean, near Brighton. It was pointed out to 

 him by a coast-guard or fisherman ; and the bird flew just over 

 the cliff at first, then alighted on the edge, and was killed. I 

 examined the shot-marks, and next compared it with Yarrell and 

 Morris, at first thinking it was Anthus ricardi ; but the hind 

 claw proving much too short, I began to suspect we had a new 

 species before us. Taking time to reflect, I mentioned it to Mr. 

 Alfred Newton, who observed, " Can it be Anthus rufescens, a 



