CLXV. 

 ANTHUS RICARDI. 



Richard's Pipit. 



These eggs are the fruits of the assiduous and success- 

 ful bird-nesting rambles of the late Mr. John Hoy, by whom 

 they were brought from the continent. They are now in 

 the collection of my friend Mr. Henry Doubleday, of Ep- 

 ping, and are the only ones, I believe, which have reached 

 this country. 



This Pipit, like the rest of the genus, makes its nest in a 

 tuft of grass upon the ground. It is of dry grass, moss and 

 a few hairs ; the eggs are four or five in number. 



