132 BIRDS OF EGYPT. 



the month of April ; but I believe it remains there throughout 

 the year. 



Upper plumage olive-brown, with the centre of the feathers 

 dark brown ; wings and tail dark brown, the feathers edged 

 with pale brown, the outer feather on each side of the tail 

 nearly white ; underparts buff, with large longitudinal dark 

 brown spots on the chest and flanks ; throat and feathers 

 round the eye more or less rusty-red, occasionally with a 

 violet tinge on the former ; beak brown, inclining to pale 

 yellowish brown towards the base of the lower mandible ; legs 

 pale brown ; irides brown. 



Entire length 6'2 inches; culmen 0-45; wing, carpus 

 to tip, 3"5 ; tarsus 08. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 140. 



96. Anthus spinolettus (Linn.) neater-Pipit. 



This species is a winter visitor to Egypt, when it probably 

 ranges throughout the country, but has not, to my knowledge, 

 been met with in Nubia. It is most plentiful in the Fayoom 

 and Delta, where I found it very abundant in the marshes in 

 February and March. Owing to its simple colouring it may 

 be easily overlooked; but if sought for, it may be recog- 

 nized from A. cervinus (the only Pipit it is likely to be con- 

 founded with) by its rather larger size and darker coloration. 



Upper parts and ear-coverts olive-brown, shading into 

 umber-brown on the rump ; feathers on the head, upper part 

 of the back, and scapulars with dark centres ; wings and tail 

 dark brown, with pale edges to the feathers ; exterior web 

 and end of the outer tail-feather and tip of the next one 



