152 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



desirable that some more convincing evidence 

 than that which already exists of its occurrence 

 ■ here should be placed upon record. 



THE RED-THROATED PIPIT. 



{Anthus cervinus.) 



"" I ^ H E present bird has, as yet, been scarcely 

 -*- admitted into the British list. I have 

 seen a specimen in the collection of Mr. Bond, 

 which was killed at Unst, Shetland, on the 4th 

 May, 1854, and about the same year, but in 

 September, another in the same collection was 

 shot at Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. 



In the adult plumage the species is easily 

 recognized by the ruddy brown colouring of the 

 upper portions of the plumage, and by the 

 rufous patch upon the throat. 



In size it is equal to the Meadow Pipit, and 

 by some naturalists it has been considered a 

 permanent race or variety of that species ; but 



