ROCK PIPIT 



ROCK LARK SEA LARK FIELD LARK DUSKY LARK- 

 SHORE LARK SHORE PIPIT SEA TITLING. 



PLATE LXXI. 



Anthus obscurus, . . . NEWTON. 



Anthus campestris, . . . BEWICK. 



Anthus rupestriS) . . . NILLSON. 



Anthus petrosus, . . . FLEMING. JENYNS. 



Alauda obscura, . . . GMELIN. PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THIS Pipit, which is a common resident on our coasts, 

 breeds generally over the coasts of Northern Europe. 

 Its nest is placed either in clumps of herbage, in holes or 

 ledges in rocks, at a low elevation, or on the ground, 

 sheltered by some little projection or eminence. It is made 

 of fine dry grass and marine plants, but is very loosely 

 compacted, the inside being either not at all, or more or 

 less lined with hair, or finer materials of any kind that 

 the bird can procure. 



Booth, writing of this species, says : " On the Bass 

 Rock I have known of as many as ten or a dozen nests 

 at one time, and there were doubtless others I failed to 

 detect. Many were placed among the fallen masonry in the 

 old fortifications, and in parts of the buildings where stones 

 had been dislodged from the walls. I stumbled upon one 



