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From this and its movemeuts — it remaioed steadfastly on the same bush, 

 following all my movements, and seemed loth to leave the spot, just as a 

 breeding bird would have done — I suspected at the time that the bird was 

 breeding, and regretted much that I did not watch it to its nest before 

 killing it. A long search afterwards for a nest was fruitless, and as I did 

 not see another bird like it while I was on the mountain side — I was there 

 for several days — I may have been mistaken in this surmise, as the date — 

 May 26th — would not be too late for it to be resting only on its way to its 

 northern breeding haunts. 



It will perhaps be as well to give here a description of this bird : — The 

 general appearance is very dark, and bold in its markings, as compared with 

 A. pratensis. The throat, upper breast, commencement of flanks, and 

 lower part of cheeks was, in the living bird, a light bufi&sh chestnut, deepest 

 on throat ; but this has now faded to buff. Lores and round the eyes 

 huffish white, which contrasts sharply with the dark crown. On the under 

 parts, which are creamy white, there is a series of bold, broad, black stripes 

 extending from throat to end of flanks, which are of an obscure buff. Belly 

 and under tail-coverts cream-white. Top of the head and mantle have bold 

 blackish brown centres to the feathers, broadly bordered on mantle, and 

 faintly on crown, with cream ; but the borders to most of the feathers have 

 been worn away, giving the back a very dark appearance. Back of the 

 neck from nape much paler, being a huffish brown. Wing-coverts, greater 

 and median, dark brown, broadly margined with cream, which would form 

 two bars across the wing ; but this, like the tail, is much worn and 

 abraded. Outer tail-feathers have the outside portion white from the base, 

 inside dark brown, as are all the others excepting two central ones, which 

 are lighter brown ; the tips only of second pair appear to have been white, 

 but, as I have before said, this member is so worn and short, that not much 

 can be judged of it. Legs and toes dark brown. Bill, upper mandible dark 

 brown, lower pale brown. Axillaries yellowish white on outer portion, 

 inner fringe greyish. 



On Aug. 9th, 1898, Mr. H. Elliott Howard shot a Pipit in Co. Donegal, 

 which lie most kindly presented to me, while still in the flesh, on the 

 following day, as it was on the morning of his return to England when he 

 procured the bird. This bird at once arrested Mr. Howard's attention, 

 from the conspicuous dark lines with nearly white margins on the mantle, 

 which were distinctly observable both when the bird was on the ground and 

 during flight. This specimen is remarkably distinct in its markings, and 

 much easier to identify than the St. Leonard's bird ; indeed, it could not 

 be mistaken for a Meadow-Pipit, and directly Mr. Howard handed the bird 

 to me I said that it was either a Red-throated Pipit, or the St. Leonard's 

 bird was not correctly identified ; but there need not be a shadow of doubt 



