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a wild state the bird is monogamous, but in this 

 country, in its semi-dDmesticated condition, it is 

 polygamous. 



YOUNG PHEASANTS FEEDING. 



PINTAIL DUCK. See DUCK, PINTAIL. 



PIPIT, MEADOW. 



(Anthus pratensis. ) 

 Order PASSERES ; Family MOTACILLID.E (WAGTAILS). 



Description of Parent 

 Birds. Length about six 

 inches. Bill of medium 

 length, slender, straight, 

 and dark brown, except at 

 the base of the under- 

 mandible, where it is of a 

 lighter tint. Irides hazel. 

 Crown, nape, back, and 

 upper tail-coverts dark brown, the border of 

 each feather being of a lighter greyish tint. 



MEADOW PIPIT. 



