sometimes a few hairs. It is placed upon the ground, and is 

 rarely far distant from trees, being frequently found in the 

 heart of woods and plantations, by the side of a drive or 

 foot-path. Mr. Neville Wood, in his book of British Song- 

 Birds, mentions an instance (the only one of which I have 

 heard) of its having been found in a low bush. 



The favourite resort of the Tree Pipit is a grassy bank on 

 the margin of a wood, especially if ornamented by a few 

 trees, on the branches of which it delights to perch. 



