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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
probably occurs in the Indo-Burmese countries^ and it extends sparingly 
into ludia^ having been found in the Andaman Islands and in Northern 
India. It ranges into Europe, and it is found throughout that continent. 
It passes the summer in Northern Asia and Northern Europe. 
This Pipit frequents the open parts of the country, and may be seen 
generally on waste lands and the margins of rivers. After the stubble is 
trodden down and burnt, great numbers of these birds betake themselves 
to the extensive grounds thus made smooth for them ; and they may be 
observed throughout the day running about over the baked earth catching 
insects. They are not particularly shy, and are approached without 
difficulty. 
In Europe the Red-throated Pipit makes a flimsy nest of grass or straw, 
and places it on the ground in a hollow, under shelter of a clod or tuft of 
grass, in marshy localities. The eggs are greenish or brown, mottled with 
dark brown. 
162, ANTHUS ROSACEUS. 
HODGSON'S PIPIT. 
Antlius rosaceus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 386 ; 
Hume, S. F. ii. p. 240 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 96 ; Bavid et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 308 ; 
Hume, S. F. viii. p. 103 ; Scully, S. F. viii. p. 317. Anthus cervinus {Pall.), 
Jerd. B. Lid. ii. p. 237. 
Description. — Very similar to A. cervinus, and subject to the same 
seasonal and sexual differences o£ plumage ; the whole upper plumage is 
darker and tinged with green ; the parts which are vinous pink in A. cer- 
vinus are in this species a delicate pinkish grey ; the axillaries are yellow 
at all seasons, and this is the best character by which to discriminate 
A. rosaceus from A. cervinus. It is also a larger bird. 
Bill dusky, blackish on culmen and fleshy brown at base of lower man- 
dible ; irides dark brown ; feet brownish fleshy ; claws dusky. {Scully.) 
Length 6*5 inches, tail 2-8, wing 3*5, tarsus '9, bill from gape '72, hind 
claw '4. 
I enter this Pipit in my list on the authority of Mr. Blyth, who states 
(/. c.) that it occurs in Arrakan. 
Hodgson^'s Pipit is found throughout the whole range of the Himalayas, 
extending in the winter to the plains of Northern India. It has also been 
found in Cachar and Western China. Very little is known about its 
migrations and range. The nest of this bird is said to have been found in 
the Himalayas, but it does not appear to have been properly authenticated. 
The bulk of the birds probably breed in Central Asia. Mr. Andrew 
Anderson found them about to breed in May in Kumaon. 
