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MEADOW PIPIT. 
ANTHUS PRATENSIS (Linnzus). 
Titlark, Moor Peep, Peet Lark. 
The Meadow Pipit is an abundant resident, and in 
summer is found throughout the county. It is no- 
where more plentiful than on the bleak moorlands, 
where it nests up to the summits of the highest hills 
in company with the Red Grouse and Curlew. It is 
freely distributed through the meadows and pastures 
of the Plain, and its nest is often found amongst the 
star-grass on the sandhills of the coast. 
In hard winters the moorlands are deserted; but in 
the mild winter of 1898-99, Mr. N. Neave saw Meadow 
Pipits on the hills near the Cat and Fiddle on January 
5th, and Mr. F. Nicholson has frequently seen the bird 
on the moors at Woodhead as late as December 10th. 
On March 11th, 1899, there were numbers of birds in 
Longdendale at the level of the reservoirs, but we met 
with none on the higher ground. It is also absent in 
winter from many parts of the Plain, but on the Dee 
Marshes and in the water-meadows bordering the larger 
rivers it may be found all the year round. In the 
Mersey Valley, near Sale, we have obtained specimens 
in every month from October to March. 
ROCK PIPIT. 
ANTHUS oBScURUS (Latham). 
The sandy coast of Wirral is unsuited to the require- 
ments of the Rock Pipit during the breeding season, 
and its nest has only been found on the rocky islets of 
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