MEADOW PIPIT. 427 
INSESSORES. ANTHIDA. 
DENTIROSTRES 
_ a SSN Wis 
SN 
= AW Ne 
THE MEADOW PIPIT. 
Anthus pratensis. 
Alauda pratensis, The Titlark, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 481. 
>»  trivialis,  Pipit Lark, Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
» pratensis, Titlark, = a 55 
3 35 fe Bewick, British Birds, vol. i. p. ¢ 
Anthus a Meadow Titling, Fue. Brit. An. p. 75. 
5 = »  Pipit, Sevsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. 1. p. 260. 
es 5 33 =f) JENyYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 117. 
a - sg 33 Gou tp, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 
a Ms Pipit Farlouse. Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 269. 
Tue Meavow Prrrr is the smallest, the most common, 
and accordingly the best-known species of this genus, and 
is resident in the British Islands throughout the year. It 
“inhabits commons and waste lands generally, appearing to 
prefer uncultivated districts; and in the northern lake 
counties of England it is called the Ling Bird, from its 
constantly frequenting the moors, where it is one of the 
few small birds that are to be seen in such localities. It 
