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superior size and longer tail, and it is more in the 

 habit of perching on trees than that bird. It is a 

 common bird in most parts of England, but in Scotland 

 and Wales it is rare and in Ireland almost unknown. 



The general colour of the upper parts of the Tree 

 Pipit is brown ; the under parts are buffish white, 

 with dark round spots on the breast, becoming smaller 



TREE PIPIT. 



on the flanks. Whilst the Meadow Pipit prefers the 

 uncultivated, you will find the Tree Pipit in the highly- 

 cultivated and wooded districts. He is a most charming 

 songster; perched upon the topmost sprig of some tree 

 or bush, he will rise straight up into the air, after the 

 manner of a lark, warbling out his sweet and pleasing 

 notes ; but very shortly he seems to tire, and with 



