THE PENNSYLVANIAN PIPIT. 151 



and which he identifies clearly with the Ameri- 

 can species. 



Mr. Turnbull, in his " Birds of East Lothian," 

 states (p. 40) that three Pennsylvanian Pipits 

 were shot at Dunbar in East Lothian by Mr. 

 Robert Gray, of Glasgow. 



Mr. Bond has a Pipit, identified as belonging 

 to this species, which was obtained at Fresh- 

 water, in the Isle of Wight, in September, 1865 ; 

 while the most recent instance of the occurrence 

 of this Pipit in England will be found in the 

 " Zoologist" for 1870. But anyone who reads 

 the correspondence relating to this instance 

 ("Zool." torn. cit. pp. 202 1, 2067, and 2100) 

 will see how difficult it is to identify a species 

 when the specimen is not in fully adult plumage. 



When it is remembered that Anthus ludovici- 

 anus, as stated by Professor Reinhardt (" Ibis," 

 1 86 1, p. 3), breeds in Greenland, and, according 

 to Professor Blasius, is found in Heligoland 

 ("Naumannia," 1858), it is certainly not im- 

 probable that it should occasionally be found in 

 the British Islands. At the same time it is very 



