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In this plumage it may be found along the 

 south coast from the second week in March till the 

 latter part of April, usually frequenting the small 

 brackish pools near the sea beach; in some seasons, 

 though its numbers vary considerably, it is remark- 

 ably plentiful between Brighton and Worthing. I 

 have visited its favourite haunts on several occasions 

 during the last three years that I have been on 

 the south coast, but not a specimen have I met with. 



In March, 1871, I shot a single bird on the 

 Norfolk coast, near Horsey. 



The specimens in the case were obtained 

 partly at Portslade, in March, 1866, and the 

 remainder near Shoreham, in April, 1870. 



See " Eough Notes," Vol. I., Plate 31. 



Mr. Howard Saunders has remarked that some of the 

 specimens in this case are probably the very rare Water Pipit. 



MEADOW PIPIT. 



Case 17. 



This is one of the commonest of our British 

 birds. Although several of these Titlarks remain 

 with us through the winter, their numbers are con- 

 siderably augmented by fresh arrivals in the spring. 

 Any still foggy morning, from the middle of March 

 till well on in April, they may be noticed landing 

 on the south coast, singly and in small parties, from 

 daybreak till nine or ten o'clock. For a day or two 

 they may be observed in numbers about the banks 

 of streams and salt-water pools near the sea beach, 

 but with a change of weather, they soon proceed 

 inland and scatter themselves over the country. 



About October, there seems to be a general 

 movement of these birds along the south coast, 

 their line of flight being from east to west ; but 

 whether they are about to cross the channel, or 

 what the object of their flight may be, I am unable 

 to say. 



