﻿TAWNY 
  PIPIT 
  AS 
  A 
  VISITOR 
  TO 
  ENGLAND. 
  453 
  

  

  there 
  were 
  several 
  keen 
  ornithologists 
  on 
  the 
  watch 
  for 
  rare 
  

   migrants 
  in 
  that 
  locality, 
  of 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Rowley 
  was 
  one. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  recorded 
  from 
  other 
  parts 
  

   of 
  England 
  are 
  three 
  in 
  number 
  — 
  namely, 
  one 
  at 
  Tresco, 
  Scilly 
  

   Islands, 
  September, 
  1868 
  ; 
  one 
  at 
  Bridlington, 
  Yorkshire, 
  Nov. 
  

   20th, 
  1869 
  ; 
  and 
  one 
  near 
  Lowestoft, 
  Sept. 
  2nd, 
  1890 
  (Howard 
  

   Saunders, 
  'Man. 
  Brit. 
  Birds,' 
  2nd 
  ed. 
  p. 
  137). 
  Now 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  

   these, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Scilly 
  Islands, 
  had 
  probably 
  

   arrived 
  on 
  the 
  Sussex 
  coast, 
  and, 
  following 
  the 
  coast-line, 
  had 
  

   reached 
  the 
  Scilly 
  Islands. 
  This, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  only 
  supposition, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  likely 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  case. 
  The 
  second, 
  shot 
  in 
  

   Yorkshire, 
  had 
  perhaps 
  been 
  driven 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  coast 
  by 
  

   a 
  gale, 
  and 
  delayed 
  by 
  contrary 
  winds, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  its 
  

   capture, 
  i. 
  e. 
  November 
  20th, 
  seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  

   case. 
  As 
  regards 
  the 
  example 
  from 
  Lowestoft, 
  however, 
  there 
  

   can 
  be 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  it 
  came 
  via 
  Heligoland, 
  possibly 
  from 
  

   Sweden. 
  Gatke 
  (' 
  Birds 
  of 
  Heligoland,' 
  p. 
  347) 
  states 
  that 
  an 
  

   example 
  may 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  now 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  fine 
  days 
  in 
  August. 
  

   Now, 
  as 
  the 
  Lowestoft 
  bird 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  Sept. 
  2nd, 
  it 
  would, 
  

   by 
  travelling 
  in 
  a 
  south-westerly 
  direction, 
  have 
  reached 
  that 
  

   place 
  about 
  this 
  date. 
  

  

  Turning 
  to 
  later 
  years, 
  we 
  see 
  that, 
  now 
  greater 
  attention 
  is 
  

   being 
  paid 
  to 
  rare 
  autumnal 
  stragglers 
  in 
  this 
  district, 
  i. 
  e. 
  East 
  

   Sussex, 
  the 
  Tawny 
  Pipit 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  occur 
  here 
  quite 
  as 
  

   frequently 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  West 
  Sussex, 
  and 
  seven 
  

   examples 
  have 
  been 
  shot 
  here 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  autumnal 
  

   migrations. 
  I 
  now 
  give 
  a 
  short 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  instances. 
  

  

  On 
  Sept. 
  22nd, 
  1903, 
  a 
  day 
  on 
  which 
  countless 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   Meadow-Pipits 
  were 
  arriving 
  from 
  the 
  south, 
  coming 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  

   sea, 
  and 
  settling 
  on 
  the 
  shore, 
  I 
  shot 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  immature 
  Tawny 
  

   Pipits. 
  Two 
  days 
  later, 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  conditions, 
  I 
  shot 
  

   another 
  immature 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  Of 
  course, 
  these 
  

   four 
  may 
  have 
  arrived 
  together. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  immigrant 
  Meadow-Pipits 
  arrive 
  on 
  our 
  south 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Sussex 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  weeks 
  of 
  August. 
  On 
  Aug. 
  14th 
  

   and 
  17th 
  of 
  this 
  year 
  (1904) 
  two 
  adult 
  Tawny 
  Pipits 
  were 
  met 
  

   with 
  near 
  here. 
  Lastly, 
  on 
  Sept. 
  26th 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  I 
  shot 
  a 
  

   young 
  Tawny 
  Pipit 
  on 
  the 
  sea-banks 
  near 
  Bexhill. 
  On 
  this 
  day 
  

   also 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  newly-arrived 
  Meadow-Pipits, 
  and 
  

  

  