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dullish green ground, thickly freckled all over, but 

 mostly at the larger end, with brown. 



This is the last of the British Wagtails which 

 I have been able to include in this list. There is 

 one other species recognized as British, the White 

 Wagtail (M. alba), but I have omitted it, as I have 

 not been able to identify it myself, nor have I any 

 authority for including it : it may, however, have 

 been overlooked by myself and others, on account of 

 its great similarity to the Pied Wagtail. 



Family ANTHID^E. 



The Pipits, the family which I now have to 

 notice, is considered to include as many as seven 

 British species, four of which are, however, very 

 rare, and have not at present been found in this 

 county. 



TREE PIPIT, Anthus arboreus. Owing to the use 

 of the name " Titlark," which has been applied to 

 the bird now under consideration as well as to the 

 Meadow Pipit, and occasionally even to the Rock 

 Pipit, considerable confusion has arisen, much of 

 which, as Yarrell observes, might be obviated if we 

 gave up the name " Titlark" altogether. The Tree 

 Pipit has often been confounded with the Meadow 

 Pipit, the two being much alike : they may, however, 



