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THE NATURALIST, 



during the years 1841-2. Upper mandible of bill, dark brown; lower 

 mandible, pale yellowish, brown. Iris, dark brown. Crown of head, nape 

 of neck, surface of back, and upper tail coverts, are of a dull yellowish 

 brown ; the centre of the feathers being of a darker brown. Wing feathers, 

 dark brown, margined with yellowish brown. Tail : the outer feather of each 

 side is white, the next are also white, with the shafts dark brown, and a 

 deep margin of the same colour on the inner web of each ; the remainder of 

 the feathers are dark brown ; the two centre only are slightly edged with 

 dull yellowish white, they are also seven-sixteenths of an inch shorter than 

 the others. Its throat, breast, and the under parts of its body are dull white, 

 inclining to a yellowish brown tinge on the sides of its neck and flanks ; 

 the ^feathers of its breast have a stripe of dark brown down the centre of 

 each ; under surface of wings dull yellowish brown. Legs, toes, and claws, 

 pale yellowish brown. On dissection it proved to be a female. Its stomach 

 contained the remains of several small species of coleoptera, which composed 

 the entire contents. I now give the exact measurements I took of the above 

 specimen which I compare with those of the other three Pipits, viz. : — The 

 Eock, Tree, and Meadow Pipits. The specimen of the Rock Pipit from 

 which I take my dimensions is the male bird of the pair that were killed in 

 this neighbourhood on the 7th of March, 1864. 



EicHARDS. Eock. Tree. 



Meadow. 



Total length, beak to tail, 

 both included. 



Measurements. 



Bill, tip to base, 



Tip to tip of fully extended ) 

 wings, ... j 



Wing, carpal joint to tip. 



Tail, ... 



Thigh,... 



Leg, ... 



Middle toe and claw, 

 Outer toe and claw, 

 Hinder toe and claWj 

 Hinder claw. 



By comparing the length of the above specimen of Antlius Richardii, with 

 the measurement of examples as given by Mr. Yarrell, and the Eev. F. 0, 

 Morris, in their works on British Birds — they will be found to vary consider- 

 ably. Mr. Yarrell, gives 6f inches as the length of a male, see vol. I. p. 400. 



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