The Rock Pipit 



Its song and call-note are almost indistinguishable from 

 that of the Meadow Pipit, and if the nest be approached it 

 flies restlessly from rock to rock, calling out all the time, 

 but does not hover round in the air like the commoner 

 species. 



Birds from Scandinavia, Denmark, and the Baltic are 

 distinguishable from our form, which is also found on the 

 adjacent coast of France, in being of a vinous tint on the 

 breast during the breeding season. The Scandinavian form 

 may be found sparingly on our shores during migration. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. The general colour 

 above is olive brown with dark centres to the feathers ; the 

 under parts are greenish buff streaked with brown on the 

 breast and flanks. The tail is brown, except the outer webs 

 of the tail feathers, which are smoky grey, and this forms 

 an easy characteristic by which this species may be dis- 

 tinguished from the Water Pipit, which it otherwise closely 

 resembles. Length 6*25 in.; wing 3*5 in. 



THE GOLDEN ORIOLE 



Oriolus galbula, Linnaeus 



There is little doubt that this beautiful species, if un- 

 molested, would become a regular summer visitor to this 

 country. Every year during the spring migration several 

 of these birds are seen and shot, chiefly in our southern 

 and south-western counties, and there is no doubt that it 

 has on several occasions successfully reared its young in 



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