BRITISH BIRDS. 



RICHARD'S PIPIT. 

 (Anthus Richard i, Vieillot. Pipit Richard, Temm.} 



THE preserved specimen above figured, was lent 

 to this work by N. A. Vigors, Esq. The whole of 

 the upper plumage, like most of the Larks, has, at 

 a little distance, an olive brown look, though the 

 middle of the feathers is dusky, and the webs are 

 reddish pale brown, and some of the outer ones 

 edged with dull white ; the lesser and greater 

 coverts, the primaries, secondaries, and tertials are 

 also of a deep dusky brown, and edged nearly in 

 the same way; the quills are dusky, and the tail, 

 which consists of twelve feathers, is the same, ex- 

 cepting the outer ones being quite white, and the 

 two next them are also mostly white, with a dusky 

 stripe down the middle part on the shafts ; the 

 throat and under parts are of a dull yellowish 

 white ; the breast is yellow, spotted with black. 



