THE TREE PIPIT 



parts are sandy buff, spotted with dark brown on the 

 throat, breast, and flanks ; the wings are brown, the 

 coverts tipped with dull white, forming a double bar ; 

 the tail is brown, the outer feathers white obliquely 

 marked with brown. Bill brown, paler at the base of the 

 lower mandible ; tarsi and toes yellowish brown ; irides 

 dark brown. Length 6 inches. This Pipit can readily 

 be distinguished from the other British species by its short, 

 curved hind claw. The nestling is more profusely spotted 

 on the under parts than the adult. 



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