. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . ewhite part being visible when the tail is spread ; the shaft ofthe outermost feather is white, that of the second black on a 16 ANTHID/E. white ground. The quill-feathers and coverts of the wingsare dark brown, bordered with rust-colour. The legs arebrownish flesh-colour ; the iris dusky. This bird is supposed to undergo the same periodicalchanges in the tints of the plumage common to the otherPipits, namely, in being tinged with olive on the upper plu-mage after the autumnal moult. The female has less of the rufous tinge upon the un
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . ewhite part being visible when the tail is spread ; the shaft ofthe outermost feather is white, that of the second black on a 16 ANTHID/E. white ground. The quill-feathers and coverts of the wingsare dark brown, bordered with rust-colour. The legs arebrownish flesh-colour ; the iris dusky. This bird is supposed to undergo the same periodicalchanges in the tints of the plumage common to the otherPipits, namely, in being tinged with olive on the upper plu-mage after the autumnal moult. The female has less of the rufous tinge upon the underplumage than the male. Richards Pipit is said by Mr. Drummond, who observedits habits in the island of Crete, to inhabit dry rocky to that gentleman, this Pipit breeds in the islandin situations of a similar character. This species is entirely a ground bird, it both resides andseeks its food upon the ground, being seldom seen to note is loud, according to Temminck, and frequentlyuttered by the bird when upon the wing. VI. Q4-.
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