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WAGTAILS AND PIPITS. 



375 



demanding at least a page in our journals. In Cuba most of our 

 Wood Warblers are known simply as "J/anj9o.sas" — butterflies; but 

 the Redstart's bright plumage has won for him the name '• CnndelHa" 

 — the little torch that flashes in the gloomy depths of tropical forests. 

 Ching, ching, chee ; ser-wee. mcee, xwve-e-e he sings, and with wings 

 and tail outspread whirls about, dancing from limb to limb, darting 

 upward, floating downward, blown hither and thither like a leaf in the 

 breeze. But the gnats dancing in the sunlight and the caterpillars 

 feeding in the shade of the leaves know to their sorrow that his erratic 

 course is guided by a purpose. 



Family Motacillid^. Wagtails and Pipits. 



Only three of the sixty odd species in this family inhabit North 

 America, and but one is found in the Eastern States. They are all 

 terrestrial birds, and have been named from their habit of wagging 

 their tails. ' 



697. Anthus pensilvanicus {Lath.). Amekican Pipit : Titlark. 

 (See Fig. 54.) Ad. — Uj)per parts dark brownisli gray ; wings and tail fuscous ; 

 wing-coverts tipped with whitish or butl'y ; end half of outer tail-feather 

 white, nc.\t one tipped witii white ; a white or butly line over the eye ; under 

 parts wliite or butty, streaked witli fuscous, except on the throat and middle 

 of the belly ; hind toe-nail the loiKjtut, an long as or longer than its toe. L., 

 6-38; W., 3-50; T., yiiii; H., 47. 



lianffe. — "North America nt large, breeding in the higlier parts of the 

 Rocky Mountains and subarctic districts, and wintering in the Gulf States, 

 Mexico, and Central America" (A. O. U.). 



Washington, W. V., sometimes abundant, Oct. 15 to Apl. 25. Sing Sing, 

 common T. V., March 20 to (?); Sept. 24 to Nov. 10. Cambridge, T. V., 

 abundant Sept. 20 to Nov. 10; less common Apl. 10 to May 20. 



Kent., of grasses, on the grouiul. Iuj<jx, four to six, bluish white or grayish 

 white, thickly . ul < vcnly speckled with cinnamon- or vinaeeous-brown, 

 •78 X -57. 



Large, open tracts in the vicinity of the coast are the localities in 

 which Titlarks are most coniinon, but they arc also found in numbers 

 in old fields, meadows, and pastures inlaiul. A recently burtu'd uv 

 newly i)lowed field is a good place in which to look for theni. Once 

 seen, there is little diniculty in identifying tiicsc graceful tvalkern, as 

 they run on before you. or with constant ly wjigiring tail await your 

 approach. The individnais of a flock arc geiicnilly scattered over a 

 varying space while feeding, but when flushed they rise together and, 

 with a soft di-e-dec, (1i'i'-<h'i\ u\nunt high in the air as though bound 

 for parts unknown, but often, after hovering above you for several 



