THP, BIRD ROOK 



WAGTAILS. Family MOTACILLID^E 



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White Wagtail. Motavilla alba. 



Range. — An Old World species; accidental in 

 Greenland. 



These birds are abundant ,-,-- . 



throughout Europe, nesting 

 on the ground, in stone walls, 

 or in the crevices of old 

 buildings, etc., the nests be- 

 ing made of grass, rootlets, 

 leaves, etc.; the eggs are 

 grayish white, finelj' specked 

 gray. Size .75 x ..55. 



White 

 with blackish 



[695-] Swinhoe's Wagtail. 

 ocularis. 



Moiacilla 



Range.- 

 summer. 



Range. — Eastern Asia; accidental in Lower 

 <'alitornia and probably Alaska. 



(!'96. Alaska Yellow Wagtail. Budytes 

 flavus alascensis. 

 Eastern Asia; abuiidant on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska in the 



frrican Pipit 



Sprag-Lie's Pipit 



These handsome Wagtails are common in summer on the coasts 

 and islands of Bering Sea, nesting on the ground under tufts of 

 grass or beside stones, usually in marshy ground. Their eggs 

 number from tour to six and axe white, profusely spotted with 

 various shades of brown and gray. Size .75 x .55. Data. — Kam- 

 chatka, June 20, 1S9G. Nest on the ground; made of hne root- 

 lets, grass and moss, lined neatly with animal fur. 



(i97. PiiMT. .tiithus ruhcsccns. 



Range. — North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, and in the Rocky 

 Mountains south to Colorado, winters in southern United States and southward. 



The Titlarks are abundant birds in the United States during 

 riiigratious, being found in flocks in fields and cultivated 

 gro'Und,. Tlieir nests, whicli are placed on the ground in 

 meadpws or marshes under tufts of grass, are made of moss 

 and grasses; the four to six eggs are dark grayish, Iteavily 

 spotted and blotched with brown and blackish. Size .75 x .55. 



[()9H.] Meadow PifiT. Aiifhiis praten.sis. 



Range. — Whole of Europe; accidental in Greenland. 



Tills species is similar to the American Pipit and like tliat species nests on 

 the ground; they are very abundant and are found in meadows, woods or thick- 

 ets in the vicinity of liouses. Their nests are made chielly of grasses, lined 

 with hair; the eggs are from four to six in number and are grayisli, very heavi- 

 ly spotted and blotched with grayisli brown. Size .78 x .58. 



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