. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . d. On more mature consideration, however,having examined specimens at all seasons, he came to the con-clusion that the Pipit Lark and the Tit Lark are one and thesame species. And here, it may not be improper to observe,that the perfect plumage, in which all species ought to be firstdescribed, is that of winter, when the feathers have their edg
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . d. On more mature consideration, however,having examined specimens at all seasons, he came to the con-clusion that the Pipit Lark and the Tit Lark are one and thesame species. And here, it may not be improper to observe,that the perfect plumage, in which all species ought to be firstdescribed, is that of winter, when the feathers have their edge-ings complete. The abrasion which subsequently takes place,may frequently bring out brighter and more uniform tints, asin the Linnets; but still the plumage in summer is alwaysimperfect. The jNleadow Pipit is the species to which the charge of theyoung Cuckoo is most frequently consigned. This circumstancehas not eluded the observation of our country people, who, hav-ing often seen the Gowk followed by the Titling, employthe comparison derisively in speaking of a parasite and hispatron, not aware that here the larger and more patron-lookinganimal is really the parasite. 188 ANTHUS ARBOREUS. THE TREE PIPIT. MEADOW LARK. SHORT-HEELED FIELD Alauda trivialis. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 288. Alauda trivialis. Lath. Tnd. Orn. IL 493. Alauda minor. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 494. Field Lark. Mont. Orn. Diet. Pipit des Buissons. Anthus arboreus. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 271. Tree Pipit. Anthus arboreus. Selb. Illustr. I. 262. Anthus arboreus. Tree Pipit. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 118. Upper parts olivaceous, spotted with dusky ; lower brownish-white, anteriorlt/ tinned with reddish-yellotc; the neck, sides, andfore-part of the breast marked with ovato-oblong, brownish-blackspots ; the first quill longest; the hind claw strongly arched,shorter than the first joint. Male.—The Tree Pipit, which is of much less frequent oc-currence in Britain than the Meadow Pipit, and does not re-main there during win
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