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EOCK PIPIT. 



ROCK LARK. SEA LARK. FIELD LARK. 



DUSKY LARK. SHORE LARK. SHORE PIPIT. 



SEA TITLING. 



PLATE LXXI. 



Anthus aquaticus, . 



Anthus campestris, 



Anthus rvpestris, . , ■ . 



Anthus petrosus, . 



Alauda campestris spinoletta, 



Alauda ohscura, . 



Alauda petrosa, 



Bechstein. Gould. Selby. 

 Bewick. 



JS'lLLSON. 



Fleming. Jentns. 



GtMELIN. 



GrMELiN. Pennant. Montagu. 



LiNNiEAN Transactions. 



The nest is placed in holes or ledges in rocks, gen- 

 erally, but not always, at a low elevation, or on the 

 ground, sheltered by some little projection or eminence. 

 It is made of fine dry grass and marine plants, but is 

 very loosely compacted, the inside being either not at 

 all, or more or less lined with hair, or finer materials 

 of any kind that the bird can procure. 



The eggs, which have very little polish on them, and 

 vary much in appearance, are four or five, and occasi- 

 onally six in number. They are of a pale yellowish, 

 white, or whitish grey colour, sometimes tinged with 

 green, spotted with reddish brown, almost confluent 

 at the larger end; some are wholly, or almost wholly 

 brown, and some wholly greenish grey, with a streak 

 surrounding the base. 



