. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. ri. WAGTAILS, PIPITS 71 Length, 6^; wing, 3f (3J-3i); tail, 2|; tarsus, |; culmen, J. Nortli America; breeding in tlie subarctic regions and liiglier mountains and wintering in the Gulf States to Central Amer- ica. 2. Sprague's Pipit (700. Anthus sprfX- gueii). — A bird in appearance very much like the last, but with the colors brighter and the markings more dis- tinct. This species has the tarsus. American Fipit shorter than the hind toe and claw, while the
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. ri. WAGTAILS, PIPITS 71 Length, 6^; wing, 3f (3J-3i); tail, 2|; tarsus, |; culmen, J. Nortli America; breeding in tlie subarctic regions and liiglier mountains and wintering in the Gulf States to Central Amer- ica. 2. Sprague's Pipit (700. Anthus sprfX- gueii). — A bird in appearance very much like the last, but with the colors brighter and the markings more dis- tinct. This species has the tarsus. American Fipit shorter than the hind toe and claw, while the preceding has it as long, sometimes longer. This has a tail always less than 2|, the other greater, sometimes 3 long. While the two are so simi- lar in form, size, and colors, they are wonderfully different in power of song. This is a sky-singing bird, like the skylark of Europe. Dr. Coues says: " No other bird music heard in our land compares with the wonderful strains of this songster; there is something not of earth in the melody, coming from above, yet from no visible source; . . the whole air seems filled with the tender ; (Missouri Skylark.) Length, 6^; wing, SJ (3-3s); tail, 2|; tarsus, J; culmen, J. Interior plains of North America. Once recorded east of the Mississippi (in South Carolina). FAMILY VII. WOOD WAEBLERS (MNIOTfLTID^) A family (100 species) of exclusively American brightly colored, small birds of woodlands and thickets. Their habits in gathering their insect prey vary greatly; some, like the vireos, search carefully for hidden insects, resting or crawling on leaf, on bark, or in flower ; others flit from twig to twig, gathering the exposed insects, while still others are like the flycatchers, capturing most of their prey while on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble
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