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- MEADOW PIPIT. 
TITLARK. PIPIT LARK. TITLING. MEADOW 
TITLING. MOSS CHEEPER. LING BIRD. GREY CHEEPER. 
' MEADOW LARK. 
PLATE LXVIII. 
Anthus pratensis, ; Furmine. Laruam. Senpy. Govp. 
Alauda pratensis, . . Pennant. Latuam. 
Alauda trivials, E Montacu. 
Alauda campestris, . LatHam. 
Tue nest is placed either on or close to the ground, 
often in marshy places, among grass, near a tuft, on 
the branch of a very low bush, a bank, or a wall of 
turf. It is composed of grass, the finer portions con- 
stituting the lining, with occasionally a little moss and 
hair. One has been known to be built on the end of 
a plank, which formed part of a heap of timber. 
The eggs are from four to six in number, of a light 
reddish brown, or reddish white, or pale brown, or 
pale blue colour, mottled over, especially near the 
larger end, with darker brown. They vary much in 
depth of colouring, some being much darker than others: 
hardly any two sets are exactly alike in this respect. 
One fine variety, figured by Professor Thieneman, 
in his beautiful work, is wholly of a fine dark rich 
brown, slightly variegated by being here and there 
a trifle darker or lighter. 
