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TREE PIPIT. 



B. -Labyrinth reversed — a, the back of the tympanum — c, the exterior 



orca — b, the interior orca. 



C. Trachea of Anas glacialis — a, the opening- of the base covered by 



a transparent membrane — b, the tympanum of the labyrinth — c, 

 the bronchice. 



D. Labyrinth of do. reversed, shewing- the insertion of the bronchice. 



E. Labyrinth of the Summer Duck, Anas sponsa, shewing the front of 



the ampulla. The bird to which this belongs is not properly 

 British, but has been introduced by way of exemplification as the 

 first time of its being figured. 



TREE CREEPER or CLIMBER.— A name for the Creeper. 



TREE LARK.— A name for the Tree Pipit. 



TREE PIPIT (Anthus arboreus, Bechstein.) 



* Anthus arboreus, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 706. t. 36. f. 1. — Alauda trivialis, 



Linn. Syst. 1. p. 288. 5 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 796.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 493. 6, 



but not the synonimes. — Alauda minor, lb. 2. p. 494. sp. 8. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 



793 Pipit des Buissons, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 271 L'Alouette Pipi, 



Gerard. Tab. Elem. 1. p. 246.— Buff. pi. Enl. 660. f. 1. the male.— Baumpie- 



per, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 254. B Frisch, t. 16. f. 1. B Field Lark, 



Br. Zool. 5. 139 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 395. D. — Lewin's Br. Birds, 3. t. 92.— 



Lath. Syn. 4. p. 375. 6 Mont. Orn. Diet.— Ib. Supp — Wale. Syn. 2. p. 192. 



— Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 180 Lesser Field Lark, Will. (Angl.) p. 207.— 



Lesser Crested Lark, Lath. Syn. 4. p. 391. 24. — The Lesser Field Lark, or Tree 

 Lark, Bewick's Supp. p. t. 28. — The Grasshopper Lark; Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. 

 p. 181. but confounding with it the habits and description of the Grasshopper 



Warbler, as noted by White in his Hist. Selb Field Titling, Flem. Br. Anim. 



p. 75 Tree Pipit, Selby, pi. 49. fig. 5. p. 218.* 



Provincial. — Short-heeled Field Lark, and Meadow Lark. 



The length of this species is six inches and a half; weight five 

 drams, forty-five grains. Bill dusky above, whitish beneath ; irides 

 hazel ; the colour of the plumage on the upper parts is a light yel- 

 lowish brown, the middle of each feather dusky brown ; the wing 

 coverts tipped whitish ; rump plain light brown ; throat and breast 

 ochraceous yellow, the latter streaked with black ; belly yellowish 

 white ; the tail feathers are somewhat pointed ; the exterior one half 

 white ; the next slightly tipped the same ; the legs yellowish-brown ; 

 claws horn-colour ; hind claws short and hooked. 



No bird has been more confounded than this species of lark. It 

 visits this country in the spring, but is rarely seen till the beginning of 

 May, and is most frequently mistaken for the meadow pipit, to which 

 it bears great resemblance in plumage and habits ; but as a special mark 

 of distinction, the base of the bill in this is broader, and the hind claw 

 is much shorter and more hooked ; the throat and breast are also much 

 more inclined to yellow than the meadow pipit is found to be in the 



