THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 23 



of Cumberland, l3iit only tolerably numerous in the 

 south. Upon its arrival in spring, it haunts ploughed 

 fields in the neighbourhood of our larger rivers. 



Genus ANT H US. 



A. Pratensis. Meadow Pipit. 



The Meadow Pipit is a common resident species, 

 breeding plentifully on our moorlands and coast-line. 

 Partial migrations occur in March and September. 



A bird of the year, of a uniform white, except 

 where tinged with canary, was shot near Silloth, 

 September 8th, 1884. 



A. Trivialis. Tree Pipit. 



The Tree Pipit is a numerous but somewhat 

 local summer visitant, breeding generally in wooded 

 districts, but more strongly established within a 

 ten-mile radius of Carlisle than elsewhere in the 

 county. We have taken seven or eight well-marked 

 varieties of the eggs of the Tree Pipit. 



A. Richardi. Richard's Pipit. 



In the spring of 1839, Mr. W. JDickinson dis- 

 covered two examples of this rare straggler from 

 eastern Europe, ujDon Castlerigg Fell. (Rem. W. 

 Cum., p. 14, H. P. Senliouse, MS.) 



A. Ohscurus. Rock Pipit. 



The Rock Pipit is a local resident, a few pairs 

 nesting on Rockcliffe marsh and elsewhere on 

 the coast-line. During autumn and winter, but 

 especially in October, a few single birds and small 



