WATER PIPIT. 169 



The young of the year in their passage, according to 

 Deglancl, resemble the adults in autumn, but the spots 

 are more numerous and confluent below; the upper 

 parts are of a darker brown; the tail is more emar- 

 ginate, the two most external quills of each side are 

 whiter, and the third has a small spot at its point; the 

 beak and feet are of a clearer brown. 



This bird is figured by BufFon, pi. enl. 661, f. 2, as 

 U Alouette Pipi. Naumann, pi. 85. Richardson and 

 Swainson, in Faun. Bor, Amer., ii., 231, pi. 44. R,oux, 

 Ornith. Prov., pi. 192, in autumn plumage. Boutcille, 

 Ornith, du Dauph., pi. 28, f. 5. Dubois, Oiseaux de 

 la Belgique, part 65, pi. 95, in winter and breeding- 

 plumage. The Q^'^ is also figured by Thienemann 

 and Biideker. 



