ALPINE PIPIT. 



ANTHUS SPIPOLETTA {Linn.). 



Alauda spinoletta^ Linn. S. N. i. p. 288 (1766). 

 Anthus aquaticus, Naum. iii. p. 789^ xiii, pp. 104, 110. 

 Anthus spipoletta, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 581. 

 Anthus spinoletta, Dresser, iii. p. 335. 



Pipi spioncelle, Farlouse spioncelle, Pipi spipolette, French ; 

 Alpen-Pieper, German ; Tordino, Alfarfero, Spanish. 



I have adopted the above designation for this species 

 in preference to that of Water-Yipit, for the simple 

 reason that all the European species of the genus 

 Anthus frequent the sea-shores and alluvial flats in 

 autumn and winter, and are, with very few exceptions, 

 at all seasons fond of the neighbourhood of water, 

 whilst the present bird, during the breeding-season, is 

 seldom, if ever, to be met with, except amongst moun- 

 tains of a considerable elevation. Four instances only 

 of the occurrence of this bird in England have hitherto 

 been recorded, all in the county of Sussex, but it is 

 more than probable that other such occurrences have 

 passed unnoticed. My personal acquaintance with the 

 Alpine Pipit is confined to having seen a few in various 



