. A history of British birds . PA&SERES. WATER-PIPIT. 581 Anthus spipoletta (Linnaeus*). THE WATEE-PIPIT. Steangely confounded by many writers with the Rock-Pipit, next to be described, though differing from it in cha-racters of plumage, which will be immediately pointed out,and still more in its ordinary haunts, is a bird that has beenlong nominally known to naturalists and has somewhat inap-propriately received the English name of Water-Pipit. Thisspecies is found in most parts of Europe, and having beentaken in this country at least three times, its introductionto the present
. A history of British birds . PA&SERES. WATER-PIPIT. 581 Anthus spipoletta (Linnaeus*). THE WATEE-PIPIT. Steangely confounded by many writers with the Rock-Pipit, next to be described, though differing from it in cha-racters of plumage, which will be immediately pointed out,and still more in its ordinary haunts, is a bird that has beenlong nominally known to naturalists and has somewhat inap-propriately received the English name of Water-Pipit. Thisspecies is found in most parts of Europe, and having beentaken in this country at least three times, its introductionto the present work seems necessary. Its first undoubtedoccurrence in England f was recorded in 1864 by Mr, John * Alatala spinoletta {mh\>Tt), Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 288 (1766). + In October 1843 Mr. Thomas Webster, of Manchester, observed at Fleetwood three examples of a Pipit which, from reading a diagnosis of Anthus aquations, 582 MOTACILLIDiE. Pratt, of Brighton, who states (Zool. p. 9280) that anexample had been killed near Worthing and another on thebeach ne
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