M(/rACI JJD.E— TIIK WACJTAILS. 



171 



Balpamus (Xaumaniiia, ISoT, 202) says he has received An f Juts aqna- 

 tirus ami its eugs fmin Liltr.uUir. This statement, however, vei|iiires veri- 

 ficatiuii. 



Anthus ludovicianus, Lk itt. 



TITLABK ; AMEBICAN PIPIT. 



Alamhi huhn-icianii, (Jm. S. N. I, 17SS, 7i>3. Anthus Itnhn-icinnus, LirilT. Vcrz. 1823, 

 'M : alsi. of Ari>riJoN iS. Uonapautk. — Haii:i», liinls N. Am. I808, 232; Rev. ir>3. — 

 Vm-Ks, Vr. A. N. S. 18G1, 220 (Labrador). — SrLATEH, P. Z. S. 1S5«). 296 (Conlova). 

 — In. Catul. 1861, 24, no. ir)3. S( L. & Salv. Ibis, 18.')1>, !) (Guatemala). — Jones, Nat. 

 ill H<rmu<la, is.',i), 21», autiiinn. — Blaki.ston, IbLs, 1802, i iSaskiiUht-wau). — Dall 

 cS: nANMMKi:, Tr. ("hie. Ac I, 1SG1>, 277. —Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 78. Ahnulu 

 rubra, (Jm. ; Almiibt rii/n, WiLs. ; Aiuhiis f^pimdrtta, Bo\., Ari>. ; AhudUi jMnmsi/f- 

 vaniai, Bitiss. ; f Alamltt pciiiisfflvunU'n, Bonn. KMfVcl. Mt'tli. I, 1790, 319. ^ Motn- 

 cifhi huiiiouuii. Lath. Iml. Oin. II, 1790, r)(t3. — Vieillot, Eiicvcl. Mt-th. II, 1823, 

 447. ^i )ifh US pr.nn.siflnnik'n, ZxsvKli ; Anf/tus nt/inificus, Ai'D. ; A iif/t )^^^ pipicns, Avi). ; 

 Aiif/ius rubi'ii.'i, Merkem ; .Inf/nis r'iiihnriltii, Iliii.BoLL, Kainia (Jioiilaiids (t'tl. Paul- 

 s«'nK 1846, -1') ((Jn-enlaiKlK 



Fififiires : Aid. Birds Am. Ill, ]•!. rxl. - In. Om. Bio<,'. 1, pi. Lxxx. — Wilson, \. pi. Ixx.vix. 



Sp. Ciiah. (Ff'UHile, m .<|)rin_ir.) Above (»live-brown, each feather slijrhtly darker to- 

 wards the central portion; beneath pale dnll-bulV. cir y«>llo\vish-bro\vn. with a nia.\illary 

 series of dark-brown spots and streaks across the breast and alonsx sides. Ring round the 

 eye, and superciliary stripe, yellowish. Central tail-feathers like the back, others dark 

 blackish-brown; the external one white, except at the base within ; a white spot at the 

 end of the second. Primaries edtjed with whitish, other ([uills with i>ale brownish. 

 Len<;th, G.oO ; win<r, 3.45 ; tail, 2.0.'), 



Hab. Whole of North America; Greenland: Bermuda; south to Orizaba, Guatemala, 

 and even Peru? HeliiToland, Europe. (Gatkk.) Not noted in West Indies. 



Spring s})eeimens from Labrador, collected hy Dr. Cones, have the upper 

 parts ashy without any tin^e of 

 olive, almost bluish on the head ; 

 the lower parts deeper and more 

 reddish-buff than in autunmal 

 and winter specimens. Tarsi 

 black in spring, brown in win- 

 ter; toes alwavs black. 



Habits. At diflerent seasons 

 of the year the Brow^n Titlark 

 is found throughout the conti- 

 nent, and abundant for the time 

 in the seveml parts of the coun- 

 tr}', chietiy frequenting the least 

 cultivated i)()rtious and appar- '*'"'"" ^"'^^'••"«»"*- 



ently preferring the sterile and least attractive regions. It is one of the 

 most extensively tlistributed of all our Xorth American birds, being found 



