The Tree Pipit 



UNLIKE the Meadow Pipit or Titlark 

 this bird is migratory, leaving us in 

 September or October and returning again 

 in April. It is about six inches in length, 

 of a sandy-brown colour above streaked 

 with dark brown, and light buff on the 

 breast, which is marked with dark brown 

 streaks. The young naturalist is not likely 

 to confuse it with the skylark, because it is 

 smaller than that bird and does not raise 

 the feathers on the crown of its head in the 

 form of a crest. 



It is somewhat like its relatives the 

 Meadow Pipit and the Rock Pipit in ap- 

 pearance, but does not, as a rule, inhabit 

 the kind of country frequented by those two 

 species. 



The Tree Pipit's haunts are to be found 

 in grassy glades where trees grow in clumps, 

 and on the edges of plantations, woods, and 



spinneys. It is fond of rising from the top- 



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