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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JANJ" data-source="post: 1138037" data-attributes="member: 20722">Hello Howard.Agree with Andrea.The pipit shows characters more in line with Tree pipit than Olive-backed.Note in the Olive-backed below the distinct white supercilium which is unstreaked and white only behind the eye and bordered blackish above, rich buff in front of the eye and part of the lore closest to the bill. The white spot below the rear end of the white supercilium is of variable size and seems always to show rather well, and a dark spot immediately below the white spot. However this white spot is also seen in some Tree and sometimes as obvious as the well marked Olive.<a href="http://www.club300.se/Gallery/ViewImage.aspx?imageID=7485" target="_blank">http://www.club300.se/Gallery/ViewImage.aspx?imageID=7485</a><a href="http://www.club300.se/Gallery/ViewImage.aspx?imageID=4077" target="_blank">http://www.club300.se/Gallery/ViewImage.aspx?imageID=4077</a>Note the almost unstreaked back (yunnanensis - which would be the race found also in Bahrain).<a href="http://www.club300.se/Gallery/ViewImage.aspx?imageID=4078" target="_blank">http://www.club300.se/Gallery/ViewImage.aspx?imageID=4078</a>Also whitish breast is a good indication of Tree over Olive which at this time of year is richer buff compared to paler in Tree.JanJ</blockquote>