RICHARDS PIPIT. 145 



Mr. Wright, who has paid so much attention to 

 the ornithology of that island, has only been able 

 to mention three examples as having come under 

 his own notice. 



It is rather singular that this bird should not 

 cross the Mediterranean, and be found with 

 other European Pipits during the winter months 

 in North Africa. Nevertheless, I have not 

 been able to find any mention of it in any of 

 the North African lists which I have con- 

 sulted, neither is it included in the late Mr. 

 Strickland's List of the Birds found in Asia 

 Minor in winter (" P. Z. S.," 1836, p. 97). 



It is much commoner, however, in Asia than 

 in Europe. Mr. Hodgson found it in Nepal, 1 

 and Mr. Hume says it breeds in Ladakh ; Mr. 

 Blyth has recorded its occurrence in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Calcutta, and Mr. Blanford met 

 with it in the Irawadi Valley. It is included by 

 Sir R. Schomburgk in his List of the Birds of 



1 Capt. Beavan recorded it from Simla ("Ibis," 1868, p. 

 79), but Mr. Hume showed this to be an error, the species 

 mistaken for it being A. sordida (-'Ibis/' 1869, p. 120). 



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