no Bird-keeping. 



Both these birds are kept in cages and aviaries. 

 They feed chiefly on insects, grasshoppers, beetles, and 

 small caterpillars, but seeds are sometimes found in 

 their crops. They require a varied diet in confine- 

 ment mealworms, ants' eggs, the Nightingale's paste, 

 crushed hemp-seed, etc. The Tree Pipit is the more 

 delicate of the two, but both birds are subject to 

 atrophy, and require - great care and very nourishing 

 food during the moulting season. At other times, 

 too, their feathers are apt to fall off. The young birds 

 may be reared on ants' eggs and bread soaked in milk. 

 They are very docile, and will learn to imitate the 

 songs of other birds. They are very clean birds, and 

 require plenty of water for bathing. 



The ROCK or SHORE PIPIT (Anthus petrosns\ some- 

 times called the Mud-Lark and Dusky Lark, is a com- 

 mon bird on the southern shores of England, feeding 

 chiefly on aquatic insects and small shell-fish. It is a 

 very sprightly bird, and has a very sweet musical song. 

 Bechstein says it may be treated like the other Pipits, 

 but it is not easily accustomed to the food of the aviary. 

 He recommends a cage of the same description as that 

 recommended for the true Larks, only with two perches 

 in it, as most suitable for the Pipits. 



