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INSECTIVOR^. 

 Family MO TA CILLIDJB. 



Genus Anthus. f Bechstein.J 



TAWNY PIPIT. 



Aiithus rufescens. 



Alauda ca mpes tris, 

 Ajithus campestris. 



" rufescens, 

 " riifus. 



Pipit rousseline, 



Brachpieper, 



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, 



Of the Feench. 

 Of the Geemans. 



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 sis 

 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 



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