100 British Birds, 



only rather larger, whitish in colour, mottled nearly 

 all over with yellow-brown and ash-brown." 



TREE VlVlT—{A7it/ms trivialis ; formerly,^. 

 arboretis.) 



Pipit Lark, Field Titling, Field Lark, Tree Lark, 

 Grasshopper Lark. — No long time elapses after the 

 spring arrival of the Tree Pipit before he makes his 

 presence observable by indulging in his peculiar mode 

 of recommending his song, not unpleasant in itself, to 

 our notice. Seated on the topmost twig of a tree or 

 high bush, he sings a while, and then up he goes with 

 fluttering wing, singing all the while, and also while 

 descending from his greatest height on outstretched 

 wing to the twig he started from. The nest is always 

 on the ground, and not far from a hedge, or under a 

 low bush, and is found also in woods or nurseries not 

 far from the edge of a drive or glade. It is made of 

 moss and fibres and grass, lined with finer grass and a 

 little hair. The eggs vary inconceivably in tint and 

 marks, and entirely baffle description. Some are 

 purple-red, others yellowish-white in ground, clouded 

 and spotted almost all over with different shades of 

 greyish-brown. — Figs. 22, 23, plate III. 



MEADOW VlVlT—{A7zthus pratensis). 



Titlark, Pipit Lark, Meadow Titling, Moor Tit or 

 Titling, Heather Lintie, Moss-Cheeper, Ling bird, 

 Meadow Lark. — A very common bird here, both in 

 the enclosed lands and especially on the moors. It is 

 amusing to observe how they sometimes wind their 

 way among the ling or heather, instead of flying from 



