INSESSORES. ANTHUS. PIPIT. 



PLATE 49- Fig. 4. Natural size. 

 General Upper parts dark oil-green, with the centres of the feathers 

 brownish-black. Under parts yellowish-white, spotted 

 with blackish brown upon the sides of the neck and 

 breast. Flanks white, with large oblong dark streaks. 

 Tail blackish-brown, the outer feather having its exte- 

 rior web white, and also terminating with a large white 

 spot. On the second feather of the tail is a small white 

 spot near the tip. During the breeding season, the 

 throat of the male bird assumes a pale reddish-brown 

 colour. After the autumnal moult, the plumage is of a 

 bright oil-green, and the under parts of a deeper yel- 

 lowish- white, or sienna-yellow. 



The female and young bird are similar to the male in the 

 autumnal plumage. 



TREE PIPIT. 



ANTHUS ARBOREUS, Bechst. 

 PLATE XLIX. FIG. 5. 



Anthus arboreus, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 706. t. 36. f. 1. 



Alauda trivialis, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 288. 5 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 796 Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 493. 6. but not the synonyms. 



Alauda minor, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 494. sp. 8 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 793. 

 Pepit des Buissons, Temm. Man. d' Ornith. v. 1. p. 271. 

 L'Alouette Pipi, Gerard. Tab. Flem. v. 1. p. 246 Buff. PI. Enl. 660. f. 1. 



the male. 



Baumpieper, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 254. B Frisch. 1. 16. f. I. B. 

 Field Lark, Br. Zool. v. 130 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 395. D Lewirfs Br. 



Birds, 3. t. 92 Lath. Syn. 4. p. 375. 6 Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. Supp. 



Wale. Syn. 2. p. 192 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 180. 

 Lesser Field Lark, Will. (Ang.) p. 207. 

 The Lesser Field Lark or Tree Lark, Bewick, Supp. p. t. 28. 

 The Grasshopper Lark, Bewick's Br. Birds, v. 1. p. 181. but confounding 



with it the habits and description of the Grasshopper Warbler, as noted 



by White in his Hist. Selb. 



ALTHOUGH rather superior in dimensions, the Tree Pipit 

 is so like the Meadow Pipit in plumage, as to have been very 



