. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . , Pipits, etc. This family comprises some sixty or more species, mostly belong-ing to the Old World. A single species regularly occurs in easternNorth America. It frequents open fields and is usually found inflocks. The nest is composed of grass and built on the are insectivorous and migratory. Genus ANTHUS Bechs. 338. Anthus rubescens (Tunstall). American Pipit. Titlark. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 289. Distr.: North America, breeding north of the Unites States, ex-cept in the higher parts of the Rocky Mountai
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . , Pipits, etc. This family comprises some sixty or more species, mostly belong-ing to the Old World. A single species regularly occurs in easternNorth America. It frequents open fields and is usually found inflocks. The nest is composed of grass and built on the are insectivorous and migratory. Genus ANTHUS Bechs. 338. Anthus rubescens (Tunstall). American Pipit. Titlark. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 289. Distr.: North America, breeding north of the Unites States, ex-cept in the higher parts of the Rocky Mountains; winters in theGulf states, Mexico, and Central America. Adult in summer: Hind toe nail, long, about equal to length ofhind toe; upper plumage, brownish gray, some of the feathers withobscure dark centers most noticeable on the back; a buffy super-ciliary stripe; under parts, pale brownish buff; pale on the chin;the breast and sides with obscure dusky streaks; wings and tail. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 679.
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