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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  species 
  were 
  arriving 
  all 
  the 
  morning 
  in 
  

   small 
  parties. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  I 
  must 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  

   the 
  Tawny 
  Pipit 
  is 
  a 
  regular 
  autumn 
  visitor, 
  in 
  small 
  numbers, 
  

   to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Sussex, 
  as 
  the 
  results 
  show 
  that, 
  when 
  attention 
  

   has 
  been 
  drawn 
  to 
  this 
  bird, 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  nearly 
  every 
  year. 
  

  

  Those 
  examples 
  I 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  shy, 
  and 
  the 
  

   inconspicuous 
  immature 
  plumage 
  and 
  soft 
  Bunting-like 
  chirp, 
  

   which 
  seems 
  only 
  uttered 
  when 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  alarmed, 
  are 
  not 
  

   likely 
  to 
  attract 
  attention 
  unless 
  one 
  is 
  looking 
  carefully 
  for 
  

   these 
  and 
  similarly 
  rare 
  wanderers. 
  I 
  now 
  give 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  

   previous 
  years 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  

   Sussex 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Aug. 
  15th, 
  1858. 
  The 
  first 
  British 
  example. 
  

   Sept. 
  24th, 
  1862. 
  One. 
  

  

  One 
  shot 
  at 
  Bridlington, 
  Yorkshire, 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  late 
  arrival. 
  

  

  Not 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Borrer. 
  

   Not 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Borrer. 
  

  

  Besides 
  these, 
  Mr. 
  Borrer 
  (' 
  Birds 
  of 
  Sussex,' 
  p. 
  105) 
  mentions 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  three 
  in 
  his 
  collection, 
  taken 
  near 
  Brighton, 
  but 
  he 
  

   does 
  not 
  give 
  the 
  dates. 
  

  

  Sept. 
  1864. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  Sept. 
  1869. 
  

  

  Two. 
  

  

  in 
  this 
  

  

  year. 
  

  

  Sept. 
  1870. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  1873. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  Nov. 
  1874. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  ■? 
  1874. 
  One. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  1875. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  1876. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  Sept. 
  1877. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  1882. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  1886. 
  

  

  Three. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  1887. 
  

  

  One. 
  

  

  