56 BRITISH BIRDS. 



whitish, partly bordered by a very indistinct dusky line 

 running from base of bill ; breast pale tawny, with a few 

 small spots of dark brown ; belly and sides buffish- 

 white; bill light brown above, yellow below ; tarsi pale 

 yellowish-brown ; hind claw moderately long but curved. 

 Length 6*50. Female scarcely differs ; breast very little 

 spotted. 



A very scarce straggler to our shores during autumn 

 migration. First recorded example was taken near 

 Brighton in 1858, and a dozen or more have since been 

 obtained there, together with one in the Scilly Isles (1868), 

 and one in Yorkshire (1869). 



68 Anthus riehardi, Vieillot. RICHARD'S PIPIT. 



Hab. Asia, north to lat. 58, south to Turkestan and 

 Mongolia. In winter straggling- to most parts of Europe ; 

 usually wintering in India and China. 



Male (in autumn) : eye-stripe indistinct ; feathers of 

 head and mantle dusky-brown in centre, with broad 

 rufous-buff margins ; rump light brown ; wings dark 

 brown, with buffish-white outer edges to secondaries and 

 primaries ; wing-coverts with pale reddish-buff tips ; two 

 outer tail-feathers white on outer halves, rest of tail dusky- 

 brown, with narrow buffish edges to the feathers ; upper 

 throat white, bordered each side by a line of dusky spots 

 reaching to the breast, which latter is pale reddish-buff, 

 spotted with dark brown ; centre of belly white ; bill 

 dark brown above, pale below ; tarsi long, pale brown ; 

 hind claw long and very little curved. Length fully 7*00. 

 Female similar. 



An irregular straggler to South Coast in autumn, a 

 considerable number of occurrences having been reported. 

 Northward has been recorded from Norfolk, Northumber- 

 land, Cumberland, Lancashire, Shropshire and Warwick- 



