146 TREE PIPIT. 



somewhat resembles the Pied Wagtail's. As its name 

 implies, the preponderating colour of the plumage is 

 yellow. The general colour of the upper parts is 

 yellowish green, the under parts are bright yellow. 



The nest is built upon the ground, on a mossy bank 

 concealed by an overhanging tuft, or in the corn fields 

 and fallows, sometimes in an old tree stump level 

 with the ground. The materials of which it is built 

 vary ; moss, roots, dry grass and hair are used. The 

 bird is rather an early breeder, and eggs may generally 

 be found towards the end of April. 



The eggs, five or six in number, are grey in ground 

 colour ; this, however, is sometimes completely hidden 

 by the thickness of the pale-brown mottlings. They 

 are, in appearance, very like the eggs of the Sedge 

 Warbler, and, if the eggs of both species were mixed 

 up, it would be almost impossible to separate them. 

 The eggs of the Yellow Wagtail are, as a rule, rather 

 larger perhaps. 



As previously mentioned, the Yellow Wagtail can 

 be tamed without much difficulty. 



TREE PIPIT. 



ANTHUS ARBOREUS. 

 Family PASSERiD.g2. Sub-family Motacillin,^. Genus An- 



THUS. 



Pipit Lark— Field Lark— Tree Lark— Field Titling— Grass- 

 hopper Lark. 



The Tree Pipit is a migratory bird, arriving about 

 the middle of April and leaving again in September. 

 It closely resembles the Meadow Pipit, and is often 

 mistaken for it. It is, however, distinguishable by its 



