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and the west coast of Greenland, south to northern Quebec 

 and Newfoundland, and in the high mountains south to Cali- 

 fornia and central Mexico. It winters from the southern 

 United States to Guatemala. It has strayed to Heligoland. 



Anthus petrosus. EOCK-PIPIT. 



Alauda petrosa Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, iv. 

 1798, p. 41 : S. Wales. 



Anthus obscurus (Latham) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 35 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 599 (part.) ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 143 (part.). 

 Petrosus=of a rock, from the Greek irerpa. 



Distribution in the British Islands, Resident and confined 

 as a nesting-species to the rocky portions of our sea-board. 

 Generally distributed on our coasts in winter. Some migrate 

 southwards beyond our area in autumn and return in spring, 

 and hence are Summer Visitors. 



General Distribution. Our Rock-Pipit breeds in the 

 Channel Islands, on the coasts of north France, and 

 according to Collett on the Norwegian coasts. In winter 

 it is found as far south as the coasts of Spain. 



Anthus petrosus littoralis. SCANDINAVIAN 



ROCK-PIPIT. 



Anthus littoralis C. L. Brelvm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. 

 Deutschl. 1831, p. 331 : Danish Islands. 



Anthus obscurus (Latham) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, 



p. 599 (part.). 

 Anthus rupestris Nilss. ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 143. 



Littoralis = of the shore. 



Distribution in the British Islands. Probably a much 

 overlooked Bird of Passage and Winter Visitor. It has 

 occurred in the Shetland and Orkney Islands, Northumber- 

 land, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Kent, Sussex, Cornwall, Scilly 

 Islands, and on the Welsh coast. 



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