ANTHUS. 47 



Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 569; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 137. 



Oam'pestris=oi tlie plain. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eare Visitor. Has 

 frequently been observed in Sussex and is believed to have 

 nested in the county. Rarer elsewhere, but has been recorded 

 from the Scilly Islands, Sept. 1868 ; Yorkshire, Nov. 1869 : 

 Hampshire, 1879 ; Suffolk, Sept. 1890 ; Norfolk, Oct. 1897 

 and Sept. 1910 ; Cornwall, Sept. 1899. 



General Distribution. — The Tawny Pipit breeds in Europe 

 from central Sweden to the Mediterranean ; also in north- 

 western Africa, in south-western Asia as far east as the 

 Tian-Shan, in Persia, and Afghanistan. It winters in 

 tropical Africa and north-west India. 



Anthus richardi. Richard's Pipit. 



Anthus richardi Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. 



1818, p. 491 : France. 

 Anthus richardi rieill. ; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 34 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 564 ; Saunders, Manual, 



2nd ed. 1899, p. 139. 



Richardi, in honour of M. Richard, of Lun^ville, who sent the first specimens 

 to Vieillot from Lorraine, in 1815. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eare Visitor, of not 

 infrequent occurrence, especially on the south and south- 

 east coasts of England in the autumn. In Scotland several 

 examples have been obtained at Fair Isle, Shetlands, in 

 autumn, and single birds are recorded from Perthshire, 

 Kirkcudbright, and Midlothian. There are two known 

 instances of its visits to co. Dublin, Ireland. 



General Distribution. — Richard's Pipit breeds in northern 

 and central Asia and winters in eastern India, southern 

 China, and the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. It 

 frequently moves westwards and has occurred in almost 

 every country in Europe; also in Persia, Asia Minor, and 

 northern Africa. It is represented in Mongolia, Tibet, and the 

 Himalaya by A. r. striolatus, which also winters in India. 



