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Veierden, Kyholmen, and Hjelmen; and Hage got it at Flensborg and Hoe, and shot seven on 
Moen. Kjerbolling himself had it from Jutland, Apenrade, and other places; and Mr. Teilmann 
shot specimens on the Apenrade fjord and Fancde in 1839. On the coasts of Holland and 
Belgium it occurs regularly in spring and autumn on passage; and Baron von Droste Hiilshoff 
records, under the name of Anthus aquaticus, what I believe, from his description, to be the 
vinous form of this species, as occurring on the island of Borkum during the autumn migration, 
at which season, he adds, it is not rare. In France it appears to be resident on the coasts of 
Normandy and Brittany, and breeds abundantly amongst the rocks of the peninsulas and islands 
between Brest and Lorient. At the seasons of passage it is found along the whole seaboard 
from Dunkerque to Bayonne; but I do not find it recorded from Southern France or the Medi- 
terranean coast of that country. I have no data respecting its occurrence in Portugal, and am 
doubtful if it occurs in Spain. Colonel Irby writes (Orn. Str. Gibr. p. 110) as follows:—“ My 
only reason for including the present species is, that I brought home a specimen, shot among 
many others on the mud at Palmones, near Algeciraz, in March 1870, which was identified by 
Mr. Sharpe as being Anthus obscurus. Not having obtained any since, it is quite possible there 
may have been some error about it, and that the species does not occur in Andalucia.” Salvadori 
has no knowledge of its occurrence in any part of Italy; nor does Doderlein record it amongst 
the visitants to Sicily; but Mr. C. A. Wright states (Ibis, 1869, p. 246) that it has once occurred 
in Malta. Lord Lilford speaks of it (Ibis, 1860, p. 229) as being found in Corfu and Epirus; 
but he now informs me that this statement was founded on error, and that he never met with the 
present species in Greece; nor is it recorded from that country by any of the ornithologists 
who have worked at the natural history of that country. Canon Tristram has sent me a 
specimen said to have been obtained in Greece; but I cannot help thinking that some mistake 
has been made in the locality. It has not been met with in North Africa, except by Favier, who 
says that it occurs in winter near Tangier; and I have obtained confirmation of this statement 
by having a specmen sent to me by M. Olcese, which I find is undoubtedly a Rock-Pipit in 
winter dress. 
The present species is essentially a shore-bird, frequenting the barren rocky portions of the 
coast, and never penetrating far inland. Though generally distributed, it is nowhere very 
common ; and as it is confined to the coast, it is not so easily observed as the Meadow- and Tree- 
Pipits. In general habits it closely resembles the Meadow-Pipit, and may be seen in suitable 
localities running about amongst the rocks in search of its food, which consists chiefly of insects 
and their larve; but Mr. Collett informs me that in the autumn he has shot specimens which 
had their stomachs filled with seeds and vegetable matter. It is usually found amongst the rocks 
or where there is an abundance of sea-weed; and where the retiring tide leaves a large tract 
uncovered these birds may be seen carefully examining the crevices of the rocks or the masses of 
sea-weed in search of their insect food. Macgillivray writes (Brit. B. 11. p. 197) that “its food 
consists of insects, larvee, small molluscous animals, and seeds of various kinds, in searching for 
which it mixes with the Meadow-Pipits, and sometimes with Snowflakes and Sky-Larks. In 
summer, when masses of sea-weeds happen to be cast on the shore and become putrid, they find 
among them an abundant supply of larvee; and at all seasons they frequent the ebb, in order to 
