. A history of British birds . trace of a similar mark being sometimesvisible on the tip of the second pair; the chin greyish-white ;the sides of the neck mottled with olive-brown and dullochreous; the throat, breast, belly and lower tail-coverts,dull ochreous-olive, streaked and clouded with greyish-brown ;the flanks olive-brown : the legs, toes and claws, brown ;the hind claw slightly longer than the toe. The sexes do not differ in plumage : during the breeding-season the adults are of a dull brown above, but slightlytinged with green. After the breeding-season, both oldand young have more o
. A history of British birds . trace of a similar mark being sometimesvisible on the tip of the second pair; the chin greyish-white ;the sides of the neck mottled with olive-brown and dullochreous; the throat, breast, belly and lower tail-coverts,dull ochreous-olive, streaked and clouded with greyish-brown ;the flanks olive-brown : the legs, toes and claws, brown ;the hind claw slightly longer than the toe. The sexes do not differ in plumage : during the breeding-season the adults are of a dull brown above, but slightlytinged with green. After the breeding-season, both oldand young have more of the olive tint above. The whole length of an adult is about six inches andthree-quarters, but rather less than more. From the carpaljoint to the end of the longest primary, three inches andfive-eighths : the second quill slightly longer than the third,fourth or fifth which are equal, and are emarginated on theouter web near the tip : the tertials rather short for a bird ofthe genus. 592 PASSERES. MOTACILLIDyE. Anthus campestris (Linnfeus*). TAWNY PIPIT. The bird above represented is so common in manycountries of Europe and even in some of those whichconfront our shores that it is rather a matter of wonder thespecies should have remained for so long a time unre-cognized as an occasional visitor to this island—the more sobecause since its occurrence here was noted several exampleshave been recorded as obtained in England. To Mr. Rowleyis due the credit of making known this addition to ourcasual Fauna. In The Ibis for 1863 (pp. 37-39) hestated that an example was shot near Shoreham Harbour,on the 17th August, 1858, which being mistaken for aRichards Pipit, the bird next to be described, passed intothe collection of Mr. Henry Collins of Aldsworth, and thereremained as such until Mr. Rowleys attention being espe-cially drawn to a Pipit, shot near Rottingdean on the 24th * Alavda campestris, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. i>. 2SS (1766). TAWNY PIPIT. 593 Septem
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