52 THE BIRDS OF COOKHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. 
I should mention that a beautiful male bird of this species is in 
the collection of Mrs. De Vitré at Formosa. 
Anthus. 
42. Anthus pratensis. The Meadow Pipit. 
This bird is very common in the autumn and winter, and one 
may be always sure of finding a flock of them, along with the 
Wagtails and Starlings in the sheep-folds. When disturbed 
they fly up with a sharp sort of note, from which their trivial 
name has most likely been derived. The amount of variety to 
be met with in a series of eggs of this species is remarkable, but 
I have not seen many varieties of the birds themselves. At a 
meeting of the Zoological Society, on November 12th, 1868, a 
dwarf specimen of the Meadow Pipit was exhibited by Mr. Geo. 
Dawson Rowley, of Brighton, which was exactly similar in 
colouring to the ordinary bird, but was very much smaller. I 
have in my own collection a very dark-coloured specimen of this 
species from Holland. 
43. Anthus arboreus. The Tree Pipit. 
This species may be distinguished at once from the Meadow 
Pipit by the short hind claw, a modification showing that its habits 
are more arboreal than terrestrial. I have, however, shot it on 
one occasion when running along a sand-bank. In Johns’ 
‘ British Birds in their Haunts,’ there is an admirable drawing 
by Wolf, of the Tree Pipit, showing the way in which the bird 
throws itself into the air from the summit of a tree or bush, 
pouring forth its song all the while. A male specimen in my 
collection was obtained by Mr. Briggs while in the act of flying 
thus. 
Fam. Syiviapz. 
Sub-fam. AccENTORINE. 
Accentor. 
44, Accentor modularis. Hedge Accentor. 
This little bird is the well-known Hedge-Sparrow, which name, 
should, however, I think, be dropped, as it is not in any way 
allied to the Sparrows. It is common at Cookham. 
Sub-fam. SYLvuna. 
Phyllopneuste. 
