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EED-THROATED PIPIT. 



ANTHUS CERVINUS {Pali). 



Motacilla cervina, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 511 (1811). 

 Anthus cervinuSj Naum. xiii. p. 97; Yair. ed. 4^ i. p. 579 ; 

 Dressey^ iii. p. 299. 



Der rothhehlige Pieper, German. 



This bird, whose breeding-haunts in Europe appear 

 to be confined to the extreme north and north-east of 

 that continent, has been recorded to have occurred 

 thrice in our islands, but is very possibly more common 

 on migration therein than is generally supposed. My 

 acquaintance with it is confined to the eastern shores 

 of the Mediterranean, on many parts of which it passes 

 the winter and early spring. As far as I have had 

 opportunities for observation, its habits resemble very 

 closely those of our well-known Meadow-Pipit {Anthus 

 ^raietisis). 



