54 BRITISH BIRDS. 



65. Anthus eervinus (Pall.). RED-THROATED 

 PIPIT. 



Hab. Northern regions of Old World, from N. 

 Scandinavia to Kamschatka. In winter, southward to 

 Africa and India. 



Male : above of a more reddish-brown than in A. 

 pratensis, and centres of feathers are blackish ; above 

 eye a distinct reddish-buff stripe ; throat and breast pale 

 chestnut, latter with a few small dusky spots ; under- 

 parts pale buff, streaked on flanks with dusky-brown ; bill 

 as in A. pratensis ; tarsi paler. Length nearly 6*00. 

 Female : reddish tint confined to throat ; breast and 

 flanks more closely streaked. In winter both sexes almost 

 lose reddish throat, and feathers of back have brownish- 

 white margins. 



A rare wanderer to W. Europe on migration. Two 

 examples have occurred on South Coast in spring, viz., 

 one near Brighton in 1884 (Zool. 1884, p. 192) and one in 

 Kent in 1880 (Zool. 1884, p. 272); a third was shot near 

 St. Leonard's in Nov. 1895 (Zool. 1896, p. 101). Another 

 in the Bond collection was supposed to have been obtained 

 in the Shetland Isles in 1854. It is said that in flight this 

 species appears larger than A. pratensis, and has a longer 

 and sharper call-note. 



66. Anthus trivialis (Linn.). TREE-PIPIT. 



Hab. Europe (except extreme south), north to lat 70 in 

 Norway ; also Siberia east to the Yenesei. In winter 

 southward to Africa. 



Male : eye-streak buffish ; feathers of upper parts dark 

 brown in centre, with broad light buffish-brown margins ; 

 wings dark brown, all the feathers with pale outer 

 margins ; outer tail-feathers on each side chiefly white, 

 next one tipped with white, rest dark brown ; chin 



