MoTACILLin.E- TIIK WA(iTAII-S. 



171 



Baldamus (Xaumainiia, 1857, 202) says he has received Anthus aqua- 

 ticus aiul its e-gs from Lalmalor. Tliis statement, however, requires veri- 

 fieation. 



Anthus ludovicianus, Lk m. 



TITLAKK ; AMEEICAN PIPIT. 



A!,ii„l„ Imlnvkiaim, f)M. S. N. I, 1788, 7!t3. Aulhux huknicwuiis, LicUT. Vcrz. 18215, 

 :i7 ; als,, of Ail.ruoN k r.oNAi'Aiiii:. - H.ui;!.. Uirds N. Am. 1858, 232 ; Rev. 153. - 

 t'on:.s, IV A. N. S. 1801, 22ii (Li'l'™'"'*- — '^'''■■^•'F'"' ''• '^'- ^- ^''•''"' ^^fi (<A"<lovii). 

 — 111. Catal. 18til, 21, no. 153. Sd,. i^ Sai.v. Ilii.s, 185!>, » ((iiialcniala). — ,K)Ni;s, Nat. 

 ill IWiuu.la, 185!t, 2!», aiitmim. — Bl.AKl.sroN, ll>is, 18ti2, -4 (.SaskaUliuwaii). — Dai.i, 

 & I5annisii'.i;, Tr. Cliio. Ac. I, ISGit, 277. ^ ('o.MM;r:, Oni. Cal. I, 187(i, 78. Ahmhi 

 ruhv, (!.M. ; Altnuh n'f", Wn.s. ; AiMiis siiiimhWi, Bun., An.. ; AhiuiUi petinsiil- 

 viinkii. I5i;iss. ; /.//.' 'i i)ani!<!ilciinkii, l?i)N\. Ivi.yrl. Mvth. 1, UiK), il9. I ihilii- 

 filhi Inobniiici, Lath. ■■ 1. Om. II, 17!>0, 5(i3. - Vikii.lot, Em-yl. SK-th. II, 1823, 

 447 Aii/Iinsjii'iiiisiilniiii'ii, Zanuki! ; Anlhiixminiith-us, .\ri). ; Aiilliii.-< /ujikiis, An>. ; 

 Aiitliiis riibi'u.i, Mi-.uiil-.M ; Anlliiis i-nnhnrillil, Hiii.iKil.l., l-'aiiua Cnmlaiul.s («1. Paiil- 

 sciiK 1840, 25 (r.mMiIamU. 



I'iKuves: Aii>. lUnls Am. Ill, vl. .xl. In. Oni. Ww^. I, ]>!. lx.x.\. -Wii.s.in, V. i.l. l.\.\xi.\. 



Sp. CiiAii. (Fi'iiKilc. m siniii.ii.) Above olivo-Ui-own, I'ac'h foatlior .^lijjlitly darker to- 

 wards the eeiitnil iio-.-tidii ; lieiieatli pale duU-lmlV, or yellowish-lirowii. with a maxillary 

 series of dark-lirowii spots and streaks across tlie hivasl and alon^j sides. King round the 

 eye, and superciliary stripe, yellowish. Central tail-feathers like the haek, others dark 

 biaeki.sh-hrowii ; the external one white, except at the lia.se within ; a white .spot at the 

 end of the second. Primaries edgeil with whitish, other quills with pale hrownish. 

 Length, O.nO ; wing, :iAr> ; tnil, '2.'X>. 



ITafi. Whole of North America; (ireenland; Bernuida ; .south to Orizalia. < iuateniala, 

 and even Peru ? Heligoland, Euroi>e. ((iATKi.) Nol noted in West Fiidics. 



Spriiio- suecimeua from Labrador, eollected hy Dr. Cones, liave tlic upper 

 parts ashy without any tiiioc of 

 ohve, ahnost hhii.sli on tlie liead ; 

 the lower ])arts deei)er and more 

 reddish-bulV than in autumnal 

 anil winter sjieciuuMis. Tarsi 

 black in ajtrino;, brown in win- 

 ter; toes always black. 



llAliITS. At ditl'ereiit seasons 

 of the year the llrown Titlark 

 is found tln'ouo;hout the conti- 

 nent, and abundant for the time 

 in the seveml parts of the coun- 

 try, chielly freciuentini: the least 

 cultivale.d ]»ovtions and ap])ar- 



ently preferring,' tb.e ste'-jle and least attnu'tive re{,'ions. It is one of the 

 most oxtonsively distributed of all our Xorth American birds, beinj,' found 



