W\<;T \ii.s ,\NI> PINTS. 



demanding at least a pap- in <>ur journal*. In Cuba most of our 

 \Varhlcre are known .-.imply a-* " Mnri/mMtM" butterflies; but 

 the Redstart ' bright plumage lias won fur him the name " ('nmi'litu " 

 the little torch that flashes in the gloomy depth.-* <>f tmpical forests. 

 C'hing, eh i nn. chr? ; ner-vte. mcff, nctf-r-e he singti, and with wings 

 and tail outspread whirls alx.ut. dancing from limb to limli, darting 

 upward, floating downward, Mown hither and t hither like a leaf in the 

 breeze. Hut the gnats dancing in the sunlight and the caterpillars 

 feeding in the shade of tin- leaves know to their sorrow that his erratic 

 course is guided by a purpose. 



FAMILY MOTACILLJD.S. WAGTAILS AND PIPITS. 



Only three of the sixty odd species in this family inhabit North 

 America, and but one is found in the Eastern States. They are all 

 terrestrial birds, and have been named from their habit of wagging 

 their tails. 



697. Anthu* pensilvanicua (Lath.). AMERICAN PIPIT: TITLARK. 

 (Bee Fig. 54.) .(!. I |>|HT parts dark hn>\\ni.sh gray ; wing* and tail fuacoiu; 

 wing-covert* lipjfd with whitish or butfy ; end half of outer tail-feather 

 I. iii-. ne.xt "in- ti|'|-d with white ; a white or hufty line over the eye ; under 

 part* white or huffy, streaked with fuscous, except on the throat and middle 

 of the belly ; hind toe-nail tht longest, at long at or lomjer than itt tot. L., 

 88; W., 3-50; T.. -': 1'.. -47. 



Kangt. " North America at large, breeding in the higher parts of the 

 Rocky Mountain* and KuKurrfu- .li-tri.-t.-. un.l wintering in the Gulf States, 

 Mexico, and Central America" (A. O. U.). 



Washington, W. V., sometimes atunidatit, Oct. 15 to Apl. 25. Sinff Sim:, 

 common T. V., March 26 to (?); Sept. 24 to Nov. 16. Cambridge, T. V., 

 abundant Sept 20 to Nov. 10; lem common Apl. 10 to May 20. 



A'ttt, trf gritrtr, on the ground. Eyy*, four to nix, bluiidi white or grayinh 

 white, thickly and evenly peckled with cinnamon- or vinaceoua-brown, 

 78 x -57. 



Large, open tracts in the vicinity of the coast are tho localities in 

 which Titlarks are most common, but they arc also found in numU>rs 

 in old fields, meadows, and pastures inland. A recently burned or 

 newly plowed field is a good place in which to look for them. Once 

 seen, there is little difficulty in identifying these graceful icalkfrt, as 

 they nin on before you, or with constantly wagging tail await your 

 approach. The individuals of a flock are p-m>rally scattered over a 

 varying space while feeding, but when flu>hed they rise together and, 

 with a soft dee-dee, dte-dre, mount high in the air as though bound 

 for parts unknown, but often, after hovering above you for several 



