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THE PINK-FOOTED GOOSE. See under Geese. 



THE PINTAIL. See under Ducks. 



THE PIPITS. 



This is a numerous family, that seems to form a con- 

 necting link between the Larks and the Wagtails, as they 

 certainly partake of the characteristics of both. In addition 

 to the Meadow and Tree Pipits, Richard's Pipit, the Tawny 

 Pipit, the Water-Pipit, the Red-throated Pipit, and the 

 Rock Pipit, are to be met with more or less frequently 

 in this country. 



The first and last named are more Lark-like in 

 appearance than some of the rest, and bear such a strong 

 resemblance to each other, that it requires a somewhat 

 experienced eye to discriminate between them. 



Notwithstanding the formation of their feet, all the 

 Pipits are able to perch, and most of them sleep in that 

 position, though the Meadow Pipit not unfrequently passes 

 the night on the ground, on which they all nearly always 

 nest, usually under the cover of a stone or even a clump 

 of coarse grass. 



The writer is not acquainted with an instance of any 

 of them having bred in confinement, though if comfortably 

 situated, there seems no reason why they should not do 

 so, as well as their near' relations the Wagtails and the 

 Larks; but as the Wagtails succeed better in an outdoor 

 aviary than indoors, in all probability the Pipits would do 

 so too. They have, however, very little to recommend 

 them to the notice of amateurs. 



The Red-throated Pipit. 



The Red-throated Pipit has puzzled more than one 

 naturalist to place it, for it resembles the Lark more 

 closely than any of its congeners. As its name indicates, 



