PIPITS. 481 



542. PIPIT. 



6.50, slender, wings and tail long, olive- 

 gray above, streaked with darker; cinnamon 

 butt' beneath, streaked with black on breast 

 and sides; outer tail feathers, white, fig. 380. 

 Breeds from Newfoundland and mountains 

 of Colorado, northward; winters from N. C. 



Fig. 380 



Pipit. 1-3. 



to Mex.; south in Sept. and Oct., north in 

 May. Frequents open fields, marshes and 

 beaches. Gregarious. Call, a low double 

 note like, pipit. Flight, undulating and 



erratic. 



543. MEADOW PIPIT. 



Differs from last in being darker above 

 and below, and more heavily streaked above. 

 Europe; accidental in Greenland. 



