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Meadow Pipit, or Titlark, Antlius pratensis. 

 Page 77. 



Rock Pipit, or Rock Lark, Anthus petrosus. 

 Although restricted to the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of the shore, and far from numerous, this 

 pipit may be observed on various parts of our 

 coast, and is perhaps as plentiful about Shoreham, 

 on the low swampy grounds between the high 

 road and the sea, as anywhere. I have found its 

 nest near Aldwick and Pagham, among the long 

 rank grass which clothes the steep banks of the 

 mud walls, that have been raised to check the 

 return of the sea among the reclaimed meadows ; 

 and I once discovered it in a hollow on the face 

 of a chalk cliff near Rottingdean, a few feet from 

 the ground. The lower portion of this nest was 

 composed of sea-weed. 



Family Alaudid.e. 



Sky Lark, A landa arvensis. Page 1 26. 



Wood Lark, Alaucla arhorea. Abundant in 

 the weald, but less numerous in other parts of the 

 county. Rarely seen on the Downs. Appears to 

 be more susceptible of cold than the sky lark. 

 During severe frost vast numbers congregate near 

 the coast, and are then easily killed. 



Crested Lark, Alaucla cristata. Mr. Yarrell, 



