FAMILY MOTACILLID^E. — PIPITS AND WAGTAILS. 



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FAMILY MOTACILLID^. 



Pipits and Wagtails. 



Bill, slender ; first primary, not short, the first, second, and third, 

 being about equal in length ; hind toe and claw, longer than middle toe 

 and claw ; hind toe nail, long, in this somewhat resembling larks, but 

 no tufts of hair-like feathers over nostrils. 



Crown, back, and ninip, dull olivo, or 

 l)ro\vuisli olive; uiKlorparti', l)iirty, or 

 grayish, stre^ikcd u iili lirown <ni tiin>at 

 and sides; outer tail feather, mostly 

 white. Including the outer M'eb ; 

 iniu'li loss white on second foalhcr; 

 hind toe nail, usually as long as the 

 toe. 



American Pipit. 

 Titlark. 



Anth Its prnni/iiinirus. 

 Sec Xo. 530. 



