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ANTHID^. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



ANTHJDM. 



THE TREE PIPIT. 



AntJms arbor eus. 



Alauda trivialis, Pipit Lark, 



Anthus, 



arbore 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 484. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 223. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 75. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 262. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 118. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



Pipit des buissons, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 271, 



Tree Pipit, 

 Field Titling, 

 Tree Pipit, 



ANTHUS. Generic Characters. Beak straight, slender ; the superior ridge at 

 the base of the upper mandible rather elevated ; the sides compressed towards the 

 point ; the tip slightly bent downwards and emarginated. Nostrils basal, lateral, 

 oval, partly concealed by a membrane. Wings with the first three quill -feathers 

 very nearly equal in length, and the longest in the wing ; the tertials very long. 

 Toes three before, and one behind, with the outer toe united to the middle one as 

 far as the first joint ; hind claw curved, and more or less produced. 



