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THE TAWNY PIPIT. 



Anthus ca.mpestris (Linna'us). 



The Tawny Pipit was first noticed as a straggler to our islands by 

 the late Mr. G. Dawson Rowley, who recognized two examples shot 

 in autumn near Brighton ; one of which had previously been taken 

 for a Richard's Pipit (Ibis 1863, p. 37). Since that time, up to 

 1886, thirteen or fourteen have been obtained, at the same season of 

 various years, in that vicinity ; one at Trescoe, Scilly Islands, in Sep- 

 tember 1868 ; and one at Bridlington, Yorkshire, on November 20th 

 1869 ; while other occurrences may have been overlooked. 



It is somewhat remarkable that the Tawny Pipit should not have 

 been noticed on our shores in spring, for it is an annual visitor, for 

 the purpose of breeding, to the sandy dunes of the north of France 

 and Holland, and to suitable dry wastes inland. Rare in Denmark, 

 it passes over Heligoland on migration, and is not uncommon in 

 the south of Sweden ; while on the islands and the south-eastern 

 side of the Baltic as far as Riga it is generally distributed in summer. 

 Southward it occurs, either breeding or on passage, in most of 

 the stony and arid districts of Europe, down to the Mediterranean ; 

 north of which it is not found in winter. In Northern Africa it is 

 probably a resident species ; whilst its migrations are known to 

 e.xtend to Damaraland on the west side, and to the Lake districts on 



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