TAWNY P IP IT .
Anthus campestris (Linn.).
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 iu autumn in the neighbourhood
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 comparison
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 abundance,
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