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ORNAMENTS OF THE VELD 



The Longclaws are inhabitants of grassy downlands, 

 where they build a cup-shaped nest of grass lined with finer 

 material and horsehair, placing it in a hollow under a tuft of 

 grass or weed, and laying three or four cream-coloured eggs 

 marked with spots of different shades of brown and purplish. 



PIPITS 



The genus Anthas contains ten species, most of which 

 are sombre brown- plumaged birds. 



Fig. 112. — Tawny Pipit, nesl and eggs. 



The Tree Pipit (A. trivialis) is a migrant from Northern 

 and Central Europe and Western Siberia, where it breeds. 

 Jt was firsl recorded from the Transvaal by Wablberg, and 



