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ANTHUS PRATENSIS. THE MEADOW PIPIT. 



TITLARK. TITLING. COMMON TITLARK. GLASIAN. 



Fio. 142. 



Alauda pratensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 493. 



Alauda campestris. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 495. 



Tit Lark. Mont. Orn. Diet.— Suppl. 



Pipit Lark. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Pipit Farlouse. Anthus pratensis. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 269. 



Meadow Pipit, or Tit. Anthus pratensis. Selb. Illustr. I. 



Anthus pratensis. Meadow Pipit. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 117. 



Upper parts olivaceous, spotted with duslcy ; lower brownish- 

 white, anteriorly tinged icith red ; the neck, sides, and fore part 

 of the breast marked with ovato-oblong , broicnish-hlack spots ; the 

 frst quill shorter than the fourth ; the hind claw slightly arched, 

 extremely slender, much longer than the first joint, 



Male. — The Meadow Pipit, which is met with in all parts 

 of the country, is of a slender and rather elegant form, although 

 not remarkable for the beauty of its plumage, its colouring be- 

 ing very similar to that of the Sky Lark. As it is very inti- 

 mately allied to the Tree Pipit, I consider it expedient to de- 

 scribe both species in detail. 



