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INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



ANTHID^E. 



ANTH1DJE. 



THE MEADOW PIPIT. 



Anihus prat ens is. 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 481. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Alauda pratensis, The Titlark, 

 * trivialis, Pipit Lark, 

 pratensis, Titlark, 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 225. 



Anthus Meadow Titling, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 75. 



Pipit, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 260. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 117. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Pipit Farlouse, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 269. 



THE MEADOW PIPIT is the smallest, the most common, 

 and accordingly the best-known species of this genus, and 

 is resident in the British Islands throughout the year. It 

 inhabits commons and waste lands generally, appearing to 

 prefer uncultivated districts; and in the northern lake 

 counties of England it is called the Ling Bird, from its 

 constantly frequenting the moors, where it is one of the 

 few small birds that are to be seen in such localities. It 

 is not, however, exclusively confined to heath and hill, but 



