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and the west coast of Greenland, south to northern Quebec 

 and Newfoundland, and in the high mountains south to Cali- 

 fornia and central Mexico. It winters from the southern 

 United States to Guatemala. It has strayed to Heligoland. 



Anthus petrosus. Eock-Pipit. 



Alauda petrosa Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, iv. 

 1798, p. 41 : S. Wales. 



Anthus obscurus {Lathani) ; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 35 ; 

 Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 599 (part.) ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2ncl ed. 1899, p. 143 (part.). 



Petrosus=ot a rook, from the Greek irirpa. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Resident and confined 

 as a nesting-species to the rocky portions of our sea-board. 

 Generally distributed on our coasts in winter. Some migrate 

 southwards beyond our area in autumn and return in spring, 

 and hence are Summer Visitors. 



General Distribution. — Our Rock-Pipit breeds in the 

 Channel Islands, on the coasts of north France, and — 

 according to Collett — on the Norwegian coasts. In winter 

 it is found as far south as the coasts of Spain. 



Anthus petrosus littoralls. Scandinavian 

 Rock-Pipit. 



Anthus littoralls C. L. Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. 

 Deutschl. 1831, p. 331 : Danish Islands. 



Anthus obscurus {Latham) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, 



p. 599 (part.). 

 Anthus rupestris Nilss. ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 143. 



Littoralis=cii the shore. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Probably a much 

 overlooked Bird of Passage and Winter Visitor. It has 

 occurred in the Shetland and Orkney Islands, Northumber- 

 land, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Kent, Sussex, Cornwall, Scilly 

 Islands, and on the Welsh coast. 



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