. Birds of the Colorado Valley : a repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology . ark from Pensylvania, Edw. ii. 185, pi. 297. Red Lark, Penn. AZ. ii. 1785, 393, no. 279 (Pennsylvania).—iaJA. Syn. ii. pt. ii. 1783, 376, no. 8. Polarpleper, Thienemann, 1. c. Alouette pipe, Le Maine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 185. American Pipit or Titlark, Prairie Titlark, F>eddish-broirn Titlark, Brown Lark, Authors. Hab.—The whole of North America. South toGuatemala and perhaps further. Greenland. Ber-mudas. Casual in Europe (Heligoland, Gatke; andsee especially
. Birds of the Colorado Valley : a repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology . ark from Pensylvania, Edw. ii. 185, pi. 297. Red Lark, Penn. AZ. ii. 1785, 393, no. 279 (Pennsylvania).—iaJA. Syn. ii. pt. ii. 1783, 376, no. 8. Polarpleper, Thienemann, 1. c. Alouette pipe, Le Maine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 185. American Pipit or Titlark, Prairie Titlark, F>eddish-broirn Titlark, Brown Lark, Authors. Hab.—The whole of North America. South toGuatemala and perhaps further. Greenland. Ber-mudas. Casual in Europe (Heligoland, Gatke; andsee especially Harting, I. c. supra). No West Indianquotations. Ch. sp.— 3 9 Olivaceo-hrunneus, fusco-notatus; alis fuscis, hrunneo-Umbatis; cauddfused, rectricihus lateralihus 1-3 ex partealhis; orbit is, superciliis, partihusque infe-rioribus ex toto brunneo-albidis, pectore lateri- Fig. 27.—Bill and foot of , .. ^ . ^. American Pipit; nat. size, ousque olivaceo-brunneo striatis.$ $: Above, olive-brown, most of the feathers with dusky centres, givinga streaked or nebulated appearance. Wings blackish-brown, the quills and. NOTE ON THE TITLARK 195 their coverts edged with dull pale brown ; tnil blackish, the central featherslike the back, one to three of the lateral feathers, partly at least, white, theouter often wholly white. Line over the eye, eyelids, and entire under partsbrownish-white, or pale ochrey- or buffy-brown (very variable in shade),the Gides of the throat and body and the breast spotted or s*.reaked withthe color of the back. Bill blackish, pale at base below; feet , 6^-7 ; extent, lOJ-ll; wing, 3^-3^; tail, 2|-3; bill about li; tarsus, have not examined newly-fledged birds, which may be more streaky thanas above described. Well-feathered birds of both sexes, at all seasons, arenot distinguishable. The shade of the under parts is extremely uncertain,varying from brownish-white to rich buffy-brown, and the amount of whitoon the tail is equally variable.
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