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among the sedges, and lay in the end of April. The eggs 
much resemble those of Calandrella brachydactyla. Budytes 
rayi, the English form of Yellow Wagtail, I never met with 
on either side of the Straits. 
135. Anthus spinoletta, Linn. The Water-Pipit. 
This Pipit breeds on the summit of the Sierra del Nino, 
though not in any numbers. One which I shot on the 24th 
of May was, from the state of the breast, evidently sitting. 
I had not time to stop to find a nest ; and they were very wary. 
In winter they descend to the mud flats and sea-shore and 
are not uncommon. The specimen killed on the 24th of May 
had the basal half of the under mandible pink flesh-colour, 
the remainder of the beak being dark brown ; the legs were 
whitish flesh-colour, the feet dark brown, the claws still 
darker ; irides hazel. 
136. Anthus obscurus, Gm. The Eock-Pipit. 
Favier states that this species occurs in winter near Tangier, 
and may be always seen on the sea-shore. I think (not 
having seen any of his specimens) that these remarks apply 
to A. spinoletta, which he does not mention in his MS. 
My only reason for including the present species is, that I 
brought home a specimen shot among many others on the 
mud at Palmones, near Algeciraz, in March 1870, which was 
identified by Mr. Sharpe as being A. obscurus. Not having 
obtained any since, it is quite possible there may have been 
some error about it, and that the species does not occur in 
Andalucia. 
137. Anthus pratensis, Linn. The Meadow-Pipit. 
Favier having confounded this species with the next, I have 
omitted his notes. 
The Meadow-Pipit is equally common in Morocco and An- 
dalucia from October to the end of March. 
Length 5'8 inches ; tarsus 0'9. 
138. Anthus cervinus. Pall. The Red-throated Pipit. 
I obtained two Pipits in 1870 on the 10th of March, which 
