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PIPIT, ROCK. 



DUSKY OR SHORE PIPIT. 



ANTHUS PETEOSUS, Flem. 



The Rock Pipit appears either to have remained 

 long unnoticed, or to have been confounded with 

 others by the earlier ornithologists, Montagu appa- 

 rently having been the first observer of its distinc- 

 tive characteristics. The peculiar localities fre- 

 quented by it contributed doubtless to its remaining 

 so long unobserved, for its haunts are strictly con- 

 fined to rocky and abrupt shores. In these situa- 

 tions it is not rare in Europe, nor on the shores of 

 England, Scotland, or Wales. It is constantly 

 resident with us, and may be found at all seasons 

 on our coasts. In its habits it resembles the common 

 Pipit. It breeds early, building in the clefts and on 

 ledges of rocks. It lays four or five eggs of a pale 

 yellowish grey, with reddish brown spots. It feeds 

 on the smaller marine insects and worms. 



PIPIT, TREE. 



LESSER FIELD LARK. 



AH THUS AEBOEEUS, echst. 



Unlike the last species, which is permanently 

 resident in England, this is a summer visitant? 



