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Family ANTHHLE. 



TREE PIPIT, Anthus arboreus. Styled by the 

 Brighton birdcatchers "Real Titlark" to distin- 

 guish it from the next species. Is very nu- 

 merous at the period of the autumnal migration. 

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MEADOW PIPIT, or Titlark, Anthus pratensis. 

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ROCK PIPIT, or Rock Lark, Anthus petrosus. 

 Although restricted to the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of the shore, and far from numerous, this 

 pipit may be observed on various parts of our 

 coast, and is perhaps as plentiful about Shoreham, 

 on the low swampy grounds between the high 

 road and the sea, as anywhere. 1 have found its 

 nest near Aldwick and Pagham, among the long 

 rank grass which clothes the steep banks of the 

 mud walls, that have been erected to check the 

 return of the sea among the reclaimed meadows ; 

 and I once discovered it in a hollow on the face of 

 a chalk cliff near Rottingdean, a few feet from the 

 ground. The lower portion of this nest was com- 

 posed of sea-weed. 



