SHE URE PIPIT 
parts are sandy buff, spotted with dark brown on the 
throat, breast, and flanks; the wings are brown, the 
coverts tipped with dull white, forming a double bar ; 
the tail is brown, the outer feathers white obliquely 
marked with brown. Bill brown, paler at the base of the 
lower mandible; tarsi and toes yellowish brown; irides 
dark brown. Length 6 inches. This Pipit can readily 
be distinguished from the other British species by its short, 
curved hind claw. ‘The nestling is more profusely spotted 
on the under parts than the adult. 
