260 INSESSORES. ANTHUS. Pipit. 



MEADOW PIPIT, OR TIT. 



An THUS PRAT EN SIS, BecJist. 

 PLATE XLIX. Fig. 4. 



Anthiis pratensis, Bechst. Naturg. Dent. v. .3. p, 732. t. 36. f. 2. 



Alauda pratensis, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 49. 3. sp. 5. — Linn. Syst. 1. 



p. 287. 2 — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 792 — Rati Syn. p. 69. A. 3 — Will. p. 150. 



—Briss. 3. p. 343. 3. 



Spipola altera Aldrov., Baii Syn. p. 80. 4 Will. p. 153. 171. 



Alauda campestris. Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 495. 12. 



Le Cujelier, Bvff. PI. Enl. 6G0. f. 2. 



L'Alouette de Pres, Buff. v. 5. p. 31. t. 3. 



Pepit Farlouse, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 269. 



Wiesenpieper, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 255 Frisch, t. 16. f. 2. A. 



Tit-Lark, Br. Zool. 1. No. 138.-Arct. Zool. 2. p. 395 Albin, t. 43 — 



Will. (Ang.) p. 110 Lewin's Br. Birds, 3. t. 98 Lath. Syn. 4. p. 374. 5. 



Wale. Syn. 2. t. 191. — Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. Supp. and App. to Sup. 



— Pull. Cat. Dorset, p. 8. — Low^s Fau, Oread, p. 67. — Bewick^s Br. Birds, 



1. p. \Qb.—Shan)'s Zool. v. 10. p. 540. 



Pipit Lark, Mont. Ornith. Diet Shaw's Zool. v. 10. p. 542. 



Meadow Lark, Lath. Syn. 4. p. 378. 10 Shaw's Zool v. 10. p. 539. 



Provincial — Grey Cheaper, Titling. 



This bird is of common occurrence, being very generally 

 distributed throughout these kingdoms, inhabiting the moun- 

 tainous and heathy parts of the country, as well as the mea- 

 dows and marshes of the lower districts. It is abundant on 

 the elevated tracts of Northumberland and the barren heaths 

 of the Highlands of Scotland, and, as Montagu observes, is 

 one of the few birds met with in such exposed situations. 

 These birds remain with us through the whole iyear, but 

 many of them change their quarters during the winter, ac- 

 cording to the severity of the season. In September and 

 October, after their autumnal or general moult, they as- 

 semble in small flocks, resorting to the lower pastures, and 

 not unfrequently to turnip-fields. At this period, the re- 

 newed plumage differs considerably from that laid aside, the 

 oil-green of the upper parts being of a much brighter tint, 

 and the whole of the under parts more deeply tinged with 

 yellow. In this state, the present species is to be recognised 



