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only in the coldest and most desolate of regions.” Wheaton, writing from 
Columbus as late as 1882, knows nothing of the breeding of this bird in Ohio. 
He says, merely, ‘The Shore Lark breeds from New York and Wisconsin 
northward * * During the breeding season the male is said to have a 
short but pleasing song.” 
No. 92. 
AMERICAN PIPIT. 
A. O. U. No. 697. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.). 
Synonyms.—AMERICAN TITLARK; BRowNn LARK. 
Description.—Adult in spring: Above soft and dark grayish brown with 
an olive shade; feathers of crown and back with darker centers; wings and tail 
dusky with paler edging, the pale tips of coverts forming two indistinct bars; 
outer pair of tail-feathers extensively white; next pair white-tipped; superciliary 
line, eye-ring and under parts light grayish brown or buffy, the latter streaked 
with dusky except on middle of throat and lower belly—heavily on sides of 
throat and across breast, narrowly on lower breast and sides. MWunter plumage: 
Above, browner; below, duller buffy; more broadly streaked on breast. Length 
6.00-7.00 (152.4-177.8) ; wing 3.37 (85.6); tail 2.53 (64.3); bill .46 (11.7). 
Recognition Marks.—Sparrow size; brown above; buffy or brownish with 
dusky spots below ; best known by f¢/ip-y1p notes repeated when rising from ground 
or flying overhead. 
Nesting.—Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, on the ground, loosely constructed 
of grasses and moss. Eggs, 4-6, so heavily speckled and spotted with reddish 
or dark brown as almost entirely to obscure the whitish ground color. Often, 
except upon close examination, the effect is of a uniform chocolate-colored egg. 
IANS, GWAE, J77? OS SG (OHO = 5). 
General Range.—North America at large, breeding in the higher parts of 
the Rocky and Cascade Mountains and in sub-Arctic regions; wintering in the 
Gulf States, Mexico, and Central America. Accidental in Europe. ; 
Range in Ohio.—Common during migrations. The spring movement is 
more rapid, and so less frequently observed than that of the fall. 
THE American Pipit does not sustain the habitual dignity of the boreal 
breed. He is no clown, indeed, like our Titmouse, nor does he quite belong 
