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all, except the rock pipit, summer migrants to the north or 

 accidental visitors. 



(a) . Hind claw shorter than the toe. 



105. ANTHUS ARBOREUS, Bechst. Trad Piplarka. The 



Tree Pipit. D. F. 



Length about 6 in.; colour above olive green, with 

 dusky spots ; breast and sides spotted ochre yellow ; 

 wings with two transverse bars of yellowish white. 

 Common during the summer as far up as Enare, 

 Lapland. 



(b) . Hind claw longer than the toe. 



106. A. KICARDI, Veill. Kichard's Pipit. 



Length 7 in. ; upper plumage deep brown, under 

 parts rusty yellow, with black spots on the breast and 

 sides ; a broad rusty streak over the eye ; hind toe 

 1 in., of which the claw is 5 1.; resembles the lark more 

 than any other pipit. 



The only specimen that was ever taken in Scandinavia 

 was in 1856, when a young female was captured on a steamer 

 lying during a fog in Calmar Harbour. 



Not known either in Finland or Denmark. 



107. A. CAMPESTEIS, Bechst. Fjall Piplarka. D. F. 



Long 7 in.; hind toe 5 1., of which the claw is 2| ; 

 rusty grey above, with pale brown spots ; underneath 

 yellowish, with small brown streaks on the breast and 

 sides of the throat ; a white streak over the eye ; the 

 two outer tail feathers, white on the outer fan. Iris 

 brown ; legs pale flesh. 



Is very common on all the sandy plains and landbanks 

 on the coast of the south of Sweden, but never in Norway. 

 Flies in jerks, uttering a loud cry " zirrly-zirrly-hvit/' 

 Nests in a tussock of rough grass. Eggs four to six, very 

 pretty when fresh. Blue-white, with violet and red-brown 

 spots and streaks. Common in Denmark. Has only once 

 been killed in Finland. 



Excellently figured by Dr. Bree as the " tawny pipit." 



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