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a tit-like nest, placed where a pipit puts it. It feeds on 

 insects as a tit does, but in addition it eats seeds, as a pipit 

 very often does. So that you see, from one point of view, 

 it could be called a lark-tit. But we must also consider the 

 internal structure. So many points in this species are found 



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Fig. 47. Striped Ground-Tit. One-fourth natural size. 



in wrens, tits, and pipits that it is universally called 

 Chthonicola sagittata to save all trouble with a host of 

 common names. A bird fond of the ground and boldly 

 marked with black arrows is easily recognized. The young 



