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the back the same colours, the centre of each feather 
being dark and the margins light; the scapulars and 
tail-coverts have the margins of the feathers darker 
than those of the back, and tinged with olive-green ; 
lesser wing-coverts almost black, margined with dull 
white; greater coverts the same, margined with light 
brown, shaded to dull white towards the tips; quills 
dusky brown, slightly margined with light olive- 
brown, the margins of the tertials being the broadest 
—one of the tertial-feathers is as long as the longest 
quill; throat almost white, very slightly tinged with 
light yellowish brown; the breast is rather more 
tinged with light yellowish brown and spotted with 
dark brown; flanks the same, streaked with dark 
brown ; belly and under tail-coverts the same as the 
throat; tail-feathers the same as the quills, except 
the outer feather on each side, the greater part of the 
outside web of which, and part of the inner web, is 
white, and the next feather on each side has a small 
white spot on the tip; legs, toes and claws pale 
yellow-brown, the hind claw shorter than the toe. 
Hewitson says the eggs of the Tree Pipit vary 
more than those of any bird: the general colouring 
appears to me to be a dirty white ground, very much 
speckled with a purplish red: some of the varieties 
also resemble very closely those of the Meadow 
Pipit. 
Meravow Pirrt, Anthus pratensis. The Meadow 
Pipit, the “ Titlark” of Bewick and some other 
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