PASSE RES. ( 118 ) MOTACILLID.^. 



THE EOCK PIPIT. 



ROCK LARK, SEA LARK, DUSKY LARK, SHORE PIPIT, SEA TITLING. 



Anthus ohscurus. 



Down to the sea— where plashing laves 

 The long sea-tatigle amidst the waves ; 

 Over yon ba?ik where the wood-vetch clings 

 In its lovely bloom., and the Pipit sings. 



Dr. Henderson. 



This species, which is considerably larger than the Meadow 

 Pipit, frequents rocks by the sea- side, and is a permanent 

 resident in Berwickshire; being found thinly scattered round 

 our rocky coast during winter, and more plentifully in spring, 

 summer, and autumn. Those which remain with us 

 throughout the winter receive additions to their numbers in 

 spring and autumn, in the shape of small migratory flocks ; 

 as has been observed by Mr. Hardy at Oldcambus," where, on 

 the 25th of April 1879, he saw a flock of about thirty alight 

 on the bank behind St. Helen's Kirk, being apparently on 

 their passage to the north.^ It has been noticed on migra- 

 tion at the lighthouse on the Isle of May, in spring and 

 autumn.* 



1 Called this on the coast about Greenheugh and Linkholm shore.— jlfr. 

 Hardy's MS. 



2 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. ix. pp. 130, 392; vol. .x. p. 564. 



3 Mr. Hardy's MS. notes. 



^ The Rock Pipit was observed on migration at the Isle of May : —Spring 

 1883.— 19tb March. Spring 1884.— During March and April. Autumn 1884.- 

 13th Sep. to 4th Nov. Spring 1885.— 4th April to 2nd May. Autumn 1885.- 

 19th ^t"^.- -Reports on the Migration of Birds, 1879-86. 



