TREE PIPIT 



PIPIT LARK FIELD TITLING FIELD LARK-LESSER FIELD 

 LARK TREE LARK GRASSHOPPER LARK LESSER 

 CRESTED LARK MEADOW LARK SHORT-HEELED FIELD 

 LARK. 



PLATE LXX. 



Anthus arboreiiSy . . . SEEBOHM. 



Alauda trivialis, . . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THE Tree Pipit is a migratory bird, arriving in England 

 in April. Its nest is placed on the ground, in woods 

 and plantations, under the shelter or secrecy of a small 

 shrub, or tuft of herbage. It is formed of small roots and 

 grass, with occasionally a little moss, and is lined with a few 

 hairs. It measures about three inches across, and about an 

 inch in thickness of construction. 



The eggs are four to five or six in number, are 

 generally greyish white in colour, with a faint tinge of 

 purple, clouded and spotted with deep brown, or purple red. 

 They vary almost ad infinitum, more so, it is said, than 

 those of any other land bird, so that it is almost im- 

 possible to describe the numerous variations. Some are 

 dull bluish white, spotted with purple brown ; others 

 reddish white, entirely covered with specks of deep red ; 

 others reddish white, clouded with pale purple grey, and 

 finely streaked and spotted with rust-coloured black ; others 



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