THE BIRD BOOK 
WAGTAILS. Family MOTACILLID^ 
•uiicnean Pipit 
Sprague’s Pipit 
[694.] White Wagtail. Motacilla 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 White 
grayish white, finely specked with blackish 
gray. Size .75 x .55. 
[695.] Swinhoe’s Wagtail. Motacilla 
ocularis. 
Range. — Eastern Asia; accidental in Lower 
California and probably Alaska. 
696. Alaska Yellow Wagtail. Budytes 
flavus alascensis. 
Range. — Eastern Asia; abundant on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska in the 
summer. 
White 
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 four to six and are white, profusely spotted with 
various shades of brown and gray. Size .75 x .55. Data. — Kam- 
chatka, June 20, 189G. Nest on the ground; made of fine root- 
lets, grass and moss, lined neatly with animal fur. 
69 7. Pipit. Anthus rubescens. 
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 
migrations, being found in flocks in fields and cultivated 
ground. Their nests, which are placed on the ground in 
meadows or marshes under tufts of grass, are made of moss 
and grasses; the four to six eggs are dark grayish, heavily 
spotted and blotched with brown and blackish. Size .75 x .55. 
[698.] Meadow Pipit. Anthus pratensis. 
Range. — Whole of Europe; accidental in Greenland. 
This species is similar to the American Pipit and like that species nests on 
the ground; they are very abundant and are found in meadows, woods or thick- 
ets in the vicinity of houses. Their nests are made chiefly of grasses, lined 
with hair; the eggs are from four to six in number and are grayish, very heavi- 
ly spotted and blotched with grayish brown. Size .78 x .58. 
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