THE BIRD BOOK 



WAGTAILS. Family MOTACILLID^ 



[694.] WHITE WAGTAIL. Motacilla alba. 



Prague's Pipit 



Range. An Old World species; accidental in 

 Greenland. 



These birds are abundant ^ -? 



throughout Europe, nesting ^0 

 on the ground, in stone walls, ;; 

 or in the crevices of old 

 buildings, etc., the nests be- 

 ing made of grass, rootlets, 

 leaves, etc.; the eggs are White 

 grayish white, finely specked with blackish 

 gray. Size .75 x .55. 



[695.] SWINHOE'S WAGTAIL. 

 ocularis. 



Motacilla 



Range. Eastern Asia; accidental in Lower 

 California and probably Alaska. 



ALASKA YELLOW WAGTAIL. Budyt< 

 flavus alascensis. 



the 



Range. Eastern Asia; abundant on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska in 

 summer. 



These handsome Wagtails are common in summer on the coasts 

 and islands of Bering Sea, nesting on the ground under tufts of 

 grass or beside stones, usually in marshy ground. Their eggs 

 number from 'four to six and are white, profusely spotted with 

 various shades of brown and gray. Size .75 x .55. Data. Kam- 

 chatka, June 20, 1896. Nest on the ground; made of fine root- 

 White lets, grass and moss, lined neatly with animal fur. 



697. PIPIT. Anthus rubescens. 



Range. North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, and in the Rocky 

 Mountains south to Colorado, winters in southern United States and southward. 



The Titlarks are abundant birds in the United States during ..,,_.- 



migrations, being found in flocks in fields and cultivated ^ 

 ground. Their nests, which are placed on the ground in '^ 



meadows or marshes under tufts of grass, are made of moss 

 and grasses; the four to six eggs are dark grayish, heavily 

 spotted and blotched with brown and blackish. Size .75 x .55. Gray 



[698.] MEADOW PIPIT. Anthus pratensis. 



Range. Whole of Europe; accidental in Greenland. 



This species is similar to the American Pipit and like that species nests on 

 the ground; they are very abundant and are found in meadows, woods or thick- 

 ets in the vicinity of houses. Their nests are made chiefly of grasses, lined 

 with hair; the eggs are from four to six in number and are grayish, very heavi- 

 ly spotted and blotched with grayish brown. Size .78 x .58. 



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