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INSECTIV0RJ5. 
Family MOTACILLIDjF. 
Genus Anthus. ( Bechstein.J 
TAWNY PIPIT. 
Anthus rufescens. 
Alauda campestris, 
(i a 
Anthus campestris, 
(( (C 
(i if 
<< ff 
“ rufescens, 
“ rufus. 
Pipit rousseline, 
Brachpieper, 
Specific Characters. — The claw of the hind toe shorter than the 
toe, and but slightly curved. The two most lateral tail quills 
white, the inner barbs smoky brown for three quarters of their 
length. Slight appearance of a moustache. Length six inches six 
lines; carpus to tip three inches; tail three inches. 
The Tawny Pipit inhabits the southern and temperate 
parts of Europe, although, as we are informed by Du- 
bois, it is sometimes found in Sweden and Finland. It 
2 B , 
Beisson; Orn., v. iii, p. 349, 
1760. 
Gmelin; Syst., 1788. 
Bechstein; Vog. Deut., 
1807, vol. iii, p. 722. 
Meyer and Wolff ; Tasch der 
Deuts, 1810, vol. i, p. 257. 
Keyseeling and Blasius. 
Schlegel. Degland. Dubois. 
Temminck. Schinz. 
ViEILLOT. 
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Of the Gteemans. 
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