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to be the Red-throated Pipit {A. cervinus) in 

 winter plumage. It is known to occur in India, 

 however, as Mr. Hume has procured this species 

 near Ferozpore, North-west India; and Mr. Blyth 

 saw specimens from other parts of the North- 

 west provinces. The range of this bird south- 

 wards, that is through Africa, seems to be very- 

 limited. According to Mr. Saunders, it is com- 

 mon in Spain in winter, but it is not included 

 in Mr. Tyrwhitt Drake's list of the birds of 

 Morocco ; and though Mr. Salvin shot a speci- 

 men at Kef Laks in the Eastern Atlas, it appears 

 to occur in North-west Africa exceptionally. 

 The Pipit of the Canaries, originally regarded 

 a&A. pratensis, has been described by Dr. Bolle^ 

 as distinct, under the name of Berthelot's Pipit 

 {Anthus Berthelotii). But Mr. Vernon Har- 

 court maintains — and so did the late Mr. Yarrell 

 — that Madeiran specimens can in no degree be 

 distinguished from specimens of A. pratensis 

 from other parts. 



1 "Ibis," 1862, pp. 343, 348; and " Journ. f. Om." 1862, 



PP- 357, 360- 



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