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A NTH IDE. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



ANTHIDJE. 



RICHARD'S PIPIT. 



Anthus Ricardi, Richard''s Pipit) Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 219. 



„ „ „ Flem. Brit. An. p. 75. 



,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 264. 



,, ,, ,, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 117. 



,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of liurope, pt. xvii. 



,, Pipit Richard, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 263. 



This fine species was first made known as an occasional 

 visiter to England by N. A. Vigors, Esq. M.P, who ob- 

 tained a specimen that was taken alive in the neighbourhood 

 of London in October 1812. Mr. Gould, in his Birds of 

 Europe, mentions two instances that occurred of the capture 

 of this species, also near London, in the spring of 1836. 

 Mr. Rennie, in his edition of Montagu*'s Ornithological Dic- 

 tionary, notices two instances of this bird, one of which was 

 taken alive in Copenhagen Fields, near London, which I 



