284 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



Remarks. Migratory and resident, the latter 

 being subject to local movement. Notes : song, 

 short, soft, and musical ; alarm notes, trit, trit ; 

 call, zeeah, zeeah, zeeah. Local and other names : 

 Titling, Moor Tite, Titlark, Ling Bird, Teetick, 

 Moss Cheeper, Wekeen, Pipit Lark, Heather Lintie, 

 Moor Titling, Moor Tit, Meadow Lark. Sits closely, 

 and hovers round, uttering its note, trit, trit. 



YOUNG MEADOW PIPITS. 



PIPIT, ROCK. 



(Anthus obscurus.} 

 Order PASSERES ; Family MOTACILLID^E (WAGTAILS). 



Description of Parent Birds. Length about six 

 and three-quarter inches. Bill medium, nearly 

 straight, slender, and dirk brown, except at the 

 base, where it is dull orange. Irides dark brown. 

 A faint yellowish-white streak runs over the eye 

 and ear-coverts. Crown, nape, back, rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and wings dull brown, slightly tinged 

 with green, the feathers being streaked along the 

 centre with a darker shade. Edges and tips of 

 wing-quills lighter. Tail dark brown ; outer feathers 



