TAWNY PIPIT. 



ANTHUS CAMPESTRIS (Linn.). 



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

 Anthus campestris, Naum. iii. p. 745 ; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 592 ; 

 Dresser, iii. p. 317. 



Pipit rousseline, French ; Brach-Pieper, German ; Calan- 

 drina, Spanish. 



This bird, although reported to be an annual summer 

 visitor to the north of France, and to Holland, can only 

 be considered as an uncommon straggler to our country. 

 I find that Mr. H. Saunders records the occurrence of 

 some sixteen or seventeen specimens, of which number 

 all but two were obtained in autumn in the neighbour- 

 hood of Brighton. My own principal acquaintance with 

 this Pipit was formed in Central and Northern Spain, 

 where it is by no means uncommon on sandy wastes ; 

 I never met with it on cultivated ground. In compari- 

 son with the other species of the genus Anthus, this is 

 a shy and retiring bird, chiefly remarkable for its loud 

 single alarm-note. I never met with it in great abund- 

 ance, but in certain districts could always make sure of 

 finding three or four pairs in a day's ramble. I observe 

 that Mr. Saunders credits this bird with " a poor and 



