130 TREE PIPIT. 



spotted with rust-coloured black; others again pale 

 purple red, minutely marked in a net-like manner with 

 a darker red. 



One is pale grey, with large distinct spots and marks 

 of dark greenish black, and a few yellowish specks. 



A second is reddish rust-colour, mottled all over 

 with deeper spots of the same. 



A third is of a dark olive brown ground colour, 

 spotted and marked with a darker hue. 



A fourth is pale grey, elegantly marked all over 

 with greyish brown. 



A fifth is of a rich red plum-colour, mottled all 

 over with spots of a darker shade and a few of a 

 paler red. 



A sixth, a splendid variety, is of a remarkably rich 

 dark fulvous brown, mottled all over with darker and 

 lighter spots, and a fine belt round the thicker part 

 of the egg. 



