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hedgerows and outskirts of woods. Pulteney erro- 

 neously described it as a resident and not migratory, 

 probably confounding it with the next species. A 

 nest with eggs was taken near Blandford by Mr. 

 Bosworth Smith. 



MEADOW PIPIT. Anthus pratensis, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 575; Harting, p. 24; Dresser, iii. p. 285; 

 Seebohm, ii. p. 224; Ibis List, p. 32 ; Alauda pratensis, 

 Pulteney' s List, p. 8. 



Resident, and common on the heaths and dry moors. 



ROCK PIPIT. Anthus obscurus, (Latham). 



Yarrell, i. p. 586 ; Harting, p. 24 ; Dresser, iii. p. 343 ; Seebohm, 

 ii. p. 244 ; Ibis List, p. 35. 



The Rock Pipit is a common resident on the coast, 

 from which it seldom wanders, nesting in the rocks 

 and under stones out of reach of the tide. 



RICHARD'S PIPIT. Anthus richardi, Vieillot. 



Yarrell, i. p. 598 ; Harting, p. 24 ; Dresser, iii. p. 325 ; Seebohm, 

 ii. p. 233 ; Ibis List, p. 34. 



A rare visitant, which, so far as I am aware, has 

 only twice been met with in this county. It differs 

 from the preceding species by its greater size, longer 

 tarsus, enormously developed hind-claw, and by the 

 outer tail-feathers, which are nearly pure white. 

 One was shot in the neighbourhood of Weymouth, 

 and another at Ringstead in the autumn of 1882, by 

 the late Mr. H. Pickard Cambridge. 



