RED-THROATED PIPIT 



PLATE LXIX. 

 Anthus cervinus, PALLAS. 



THE only claim of the Red-throated Pipit to be con- 

 sidered as a British bird is the occurrence of one 

 individual which was said to have been shot in Shetland, 

 and two others which have been obtained in Kent. It 

 inhabits the Arctic Circle in summer, and migrates into the 

 tropics in winter. 



The nest is built with dry grass in the tussocks of 

 the bogs or tundras of the Arctic Circle, and contains 

 usually four or five eggs, of a mahogany colour, covered 

 all over with darker markings, more or less confluent. 



The breeding seldom commences sufficiently early for 

 more than one brood to be reared during the season. 



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