. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. 176 ANTHID^. shore, but there of very common occurrence. Every one familiar with the sea-coast, must have observed it moving through the air with a jerking flight, occasionally alighting on a rock or on the beach near the line of high-water mark, searching busily for marine insects. In spring, it frequently takes little flights inland, never to a great dis- tance, repeating its simple song all the while, and chasing as if in sport some one or other of its companions. In. :'HE ROCK PIPIT. winter, it seems to act as a guide to the smaller
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. 176 ANTHID^. shore, but there of very common occurrence. Every one familiar with the sea-coast, must have observed it moving through the air with a jerking flight, occasionally alighting on a rock or on the beach near the line of high-water mark, searching busily for marine insects. In spring, it frequently takes little flights inland, never to a great dis- tance, repeating its simple song all the while, and chasing as if in sport some one or other of its companions. In. :'HE ROCK PIPIT. winter, it seems to act as a guide to the smaller land birds, who, finding their supply of food diminished or altogether cut ofi" by the frost, are attracted by its move- ments, and join it in searching for insects among the unfrozen "ridge of all things vile," left on the shore by the receding tide. Montagu says, that it has never been observed to be gregarious; his. 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 the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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