. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . chiefly in theeastern and southern districts, in Wales, and Wicklowin Ireland. In Europe and north-west Africa thisspecies breeds in the temperate regions, as it does inPersia and Transcaspia, but it is equally local or butlittle commoner than with us, while it hardly changesits quarters in Britain during the year. In Scotland theTree-pipit is often termed Wood-lark, but the formerbird does not arrive till the latter has begun to breed,while the habits, nest and eggs are quite food is similar to tliat of the Skylark. E.
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . chiefly in theeastern and southern districts, in Wales, and Wicklowin Ireland. In Europe and north-west Africa thisspecies breeds in the temperate regions, as it does inPersia and Transcaspia, but it is equally local or butlittle commoner than with us, while it hardly changesits quarters in Britain during the year. In Scotland theTree-pipit is often termed Wood-lark, but the formerbird does not arrive till the latter has begun to breed,while the habits, nest and eggs are quite food is similar to tliat of the Skylark. E. B. 7 w AMNH LIBRARY 100105616. £itt3 l^oxk: G. P. PUTNAMS SONS aSombag, CCalctitta nnD fflatiras: MACMILLAN AND Co., Ltd. Toronto: J. M. DENT AND SONS, Ltd. aiokfio: THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA Ail risihts reserved THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN THEIR DISIRIBUTIONAND HABITS V BY A. H. EVANS, , , ERRATUMp. 65. In the legend of the picture read Pied for ■ Spotted/ Cambridge : at the University Press 1916 0 .Vsr. /^ PREFACE TT is hoped that tliis Uttle work, though phmarilyintended for schools, may be found useful by thosewho require a short hand-book which includes theresults of the most recent observations, and is adaptedto modern nomenclature. The author wishes to tenderhis thanks to Mr W. Eagle Clarke, who is now pre-paring a new edition of Yarrells British Birds, forglancing over the proofs, in order that they may be ingeneral agreement with the forthcoming Avork; whilehe cannot fail to recall with great regret the timeswhen he was working in company with the late HowardSaunders, then engaged in comp
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