TAWNY PIPIT 



TAWNY LARK. 



PLATE LXVII. FIGURE I. 



Anthus campestris, ..... LINNAEUS. 



Alauda campestris, BRISSON. 



Alauda mosellana^ ..... GMELIN. 



THE nest of this occasional straggler to the south 

 coast is found on the ground, in some slight hollow 

 under the shelter of a stone, clod of earth, or bush, some- 

 times, in the mountains, in the crevice of a rock, or in a 

 tuft of grass. It is composed of blades of grass and moss, 

 and is lined with hair and fine roots. The young quit 

 the nest before they are able to fly, hiding themselves in 

 the corn, grass, or brushwood. 



It is singular that, although breeding freely in the North 

 of France and Holland, it has not been known to nest in 

 this country. 



The eggs, from four to six in number, are very vari- 

 able, and in general colour yellowish white, greyish, or 

 greenish, covered with spots more or less thickly of greyish 

 russet brown, or russet green, and sometimes finely spotted, 

 greyish or greenish red. 



