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note; Gould, iii. pi. 12; Harting, p. 109; Dresser, hi. 

 p. 299. 



Cervlnus = of or pertaining to a deer, cervus, from its fawn-coloured throat. 



A specimen is said to have been obtained in Unst, Shetland, 

 in May 1854 {of. Newton, l. c.) . It is a common summer 

 visitor to Arctic Europe and Asia.] 



Anthus trivialis. Tree-Pipit. 



Alauda trivialis, lAnnmus, S.N. i. p. 288 (1766). 



Anthus arboreus, Naum. iii. p. 758 ; Gray, p. 70; Yarr. ed. 2, 

 i. p. 422 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 447 ; Gould, iii. pi. 14 ; Harting, 

 p. 24. 



Alauda arborea, Macg. ii. p. 174; Hewitson, p. 179. 



Anthus trivialis, Newton, i. p. 569 ; Dresser, iii. p. 309. 



Tree Pipit, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 384. 



Trivialis = common, from trivium = a place where three roads {(er -{- via) 

 meet. 



A common summer visitant to the cultivated districts of 

 Great Britain, becoming rarer in the extreme north. Breeds 

 throughout the northern and central portions of Europe and 

 Asia as far east as the Yenisei, passing through Southern 

 Europe on migration, and wintering in Africa. Eastwards 

 it occurs in winter in Persia and India. 



Anthus campestris. Tawny Pipit. 

 Alauda campestris, Linnmus, S.N. i. p. 288 (1766) . 

 Anthus campestris, Naum. iii. p. 745 ; Gray, p. 70; Newton, 

 i. p. 592 ; Gould, iii. pi. 9 ; Harting, p. 108 ; Dresser, iii. 

 p. 317. 



Campestris = of the plain, campus. 



An occasional straggler to the south coast of England. 

 Breeds in Central and Southern Europe, extending into 

 Central Asia, and wintering in India and North Africa. 



