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EOCK-PIPIT. 



Anthus obscurus (Latham). 



The Eock-Pipit is a resident species, and is essentially 

 a bird of the sea-coast, rarely, if ever, coming inland. 

 It is thinly scattered along the whole length of the shore, 

 but is not frequent anj^where. Byerley states that it 

 occurs near Liverpool, and Mr. William Gillet of Preston 

 shot several at Fleetwood and Cockerham in the winter 

 of 1881, whilst Mr. \Y. E. Beckwith has many times 

 observed it near Grange in autumn. Mr. Hugh P. 

 Hornby informs me that he shot one at Pilling on 

 January 26th, 1874, and Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson says 

 that it breeds near Heysham, where he has seen nests, 

 and that in winter it appears in the Piibble estuary. 

 Mr, W. A. Durnford has seen it on Walney, and 

 referring to this species on visiting that interesting 

 island on May 30th, 1864, Mr. J. E. Harting writes 

 {ZooL, p. 9163) that he found a nest, from which the bird 

 rose, with four eggs, at the foot of a sand-hill where the 

 long grass was growing rather more thicklj^ The eggs 

 were" much incubated. 



FAMILY OEIOLIDiE.— GENUS ORIOLUS. 



GOLDEN ORIOLE. 



Oriolus galbula, Linnaeus. 



An occasional visitor, of rare occurrence. In the 

 Mag. of Nat. Hist, for 1829, on the authority of Mr. 

 Blackwall, one (a female) is reported to have been shot, 



