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blotched and streaked with oHve brown or dark brown. 

 A great number of intermediate varieties to these 

 occur. 



The whole family of Pipits will live as cage birds. 



MEADOW PIPIT. 



ANTHUS PRATENSIS. 



Family Passerid.^. Sub-family Motacillin.«. Genus Anthus. 



Titlark — Meadow Tit— Moor Tit— Moss Cheeper— Heather 

 Lintie. 



The Meadow Pipit is much more common than the 

 Tree Pipit. Unlike the latter, it is a resident bird 

 among us, though doubtless many migrate before 

 winter to more southerly parts, returning again in the 

 spring. It is distributed all over the British Isles, its 



