AMERICAN PIPIT. 
TITLARK. 
ANTHUS PENNSYLVANICUS. 
Cuar. Above, olive brown, edges of the feathers paler; line over 
and around the eye pale buff; wings dusky, edges of feathers pale brown ; 
tail dusky, middle feathers olive brown, large patches of white on outer 
feathers ; below, dull buff, breast and sides spotted with brown. Length 
634 inches. 
est. On the ground, usually sheltered by stone or mound; a bulky 
affair of grass, stems, moss, and lichens, — sometimes only grass ‘is used, 
— often loosely made, occasionally compact. 
£ggs. 4-6; variable in color, usually dull white covered thickly with 
reddish brown and purplish brown; sometimes the markings so nearly 
conceal the ground color as to give appearance of a brown egg with 
gray streaks; 0.80 X 0.60. 
This is a winter bird of passage in most parts of the United 
States, arriving in loose, scattered flocks from the North, in 
the Middle and Eastern States, about the second week in 
October. In the month of April we saw numerous flocks 
flitting over the prairies of Missouri, on their way, no doubt, 
to their breeding quarters in the interior. Audubon found 
these birds also in the summer on the dreary coast of Labra- 
dor. During the breeding season the male often rises on wing 
to the height of eight or ten yards, uttering a few clear and 
