290 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B165, C55, R71, C89.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America at large, breeding in the higher 

 parts of the Rocky Mountains and subarctic districts, and wintering 

 in the Gulf States, Mexico, and Central America. Accidental in 

 Europe. 



[698.] Anthus pratensis (Linn.). 



Meadow Pipit. 



Alauda pratensis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 166. 



Anthus pratensis Bechst. Gem. Naturg. Deutschl. III. 1807, 732. 



[B— C55^/>, R72, C88.] 



Geog. Dist. — Europe, straggling to Greenland (and Alaska?). 



[699.] Anthus cervinus (Pallas). 



Red-throated Pipit. 



Motacilla cervina Pallas, Zoog. Rosso- As. I. 1826, 511. 

 Anthus cervinus Keys. & Blas. Wirb. Eur. I. 1840, p. xlviii. 



[B-, C-, R— , C-.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World. Accidental in 

 Lower California. St. Michael and Aleutian Islands, Alaska? 



Subgenus NEOCORYS Sclater. 

 Neocorys ScL. P. Z. S. 1857, 5. Type, Alauda spragueii AuD. 

 700. Anthus spragueii (Aud.). 



Sprague's Pipit. 



Alauda spragueii Aud. B. Am. VII. 1843, 335, pi. 486. 

 Anthus spraguei Baird, Rev. Am. B. I. Oct. 1864, 155. 



[B 166, C 56, R 73, C 90.] 



Geog. Dist. — Interior plains of North America, breeding from 

 the plains of the Yellowstone northward to the Saskatchewan district, 

 and from the Red River westward (probably to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains). South in winter on the tablelands of Mexico to Puebla. 

 Accidental in South Carolina. 



