Richard's pipit. — rock-pipit. 169 



in tlie " Zoologist," p. 181 : — " It was sliot by the same 

 person who killed the last specimen, he having instantly 

 recognized its loud note and pecuHar manner of walking 

 and feeding. These birds appear to vary considerably 

 in size. Mr. Yarrell makes the length of the male bird 

 six inches and three quarters. The specimen killed here 

 last April was said to measure seven inches and a 

 quarter, while this bird measured, before it was stuffed, 

 seven inches and five-eighths in length, and twelve 

 inches in the extent of its wings. The lower mandible 

 of the beak, when I first saw it, had a purphsh tint, 

 which has since changed to a dull red. The second 

 outside tail-feather on each side, described as being in 

 part duU white, and having the brown colour on the 

 inner web extending over a larger surface than in the 

 outside feather, has also in this bird a black shaft, 

 which, being surrounded with white, forms, when the 

 tail is spread, a very conspicuous mark on each side. 

 The base of the outer web of this feather is also black, 

 and the edges of the qmll feathers are light brown. I 

 found it, upon dissection, to be a male. The gizzard 

 was filled with several species of flies and gnats, 

 amongst which I noticed the remains of the ladybird 

 and of a species of ichneumon." 



ANTHUS OBSCURUS (Latham). 



EOCK-PIPIT. 



This species, which, in most maritime counties of Eng- 

 land seems almost to take the place of the meadow pipit 

 in the vicinity of the sea-coast, is a rare bird in Norfolk ; 

 and though I believe a few appear regularly on their 

 vernal and autumnal migrations, the specimens obtained 

 are extremely scarce. * This may probably in some degree 



