. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . ial,though the Greenland race is said to perch on trees more fre-quently than the European bird. The song is sweet and sprightly, and the male often sings whilehovering over his mate. Mr. Hagerup writes to me that the birds in Greenland sing attimes very similarly to the .Snow Buntings, — a song that he neverheard from the Wheatears of Denmark, — and this song is ren-dered by both females and males. Seebohm writes: The lovenotes form a short but pleasing song ; and the more particularlyare we apt to view his performance with fa
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . ial,though the Greenland race is said to perch on trees more fre-quently than the European bird. The song is sweet and sprightly, and the male often sings whilehovering over his mate. Mr. Hagerup writes to me that the birds in Greenland sing attimes very similarly to the .Snow Buntings, — a song that he neverheard from the Wheatears of Denmark, — and this song is ren-dered by both females and males. Seebohm writes: The lovenotes form a short but pleasing song ; and the more particularlyare we apt to view his performance with favor, because it gener-ally greets the ear in wild and lonely places. And again : Some-times he warbles his notes on his perch, accompanying them withgraceful motion of the wings, and finally launching into the air tocomplete his song, the aerial fluttering seeming to give the perform-ance additional vigor. Dixon has seen two Wheatears in theair together, buffeting each other, and singing lustily all the time,with all the sweetness that love rivalry AMERICAN PIPIT. TITLARK. Anthus pensilvanicus. Char. Above, olive brown, edges of the feathers paler; line overand around the eye pale buff; wings dusky, edges of feathers pale brown ;tail dusky, middle feathers olive brown, large patches of white on outerfeathers; below, dull buff, breast and sides spotted with brown. Length6%, inches. Aest. On the ground, usually sheltered by stone or mound; a bulkyaffair of grass, stems, moss, and lichens, — sometimes only grass is used,— often loosely made, occasionally compact. E;Tgs. 4-6; variable in color, usually dull white covered thickly withreddish brown and purplish brown; sometimes the markings so nearlyconceal the ground color as to give appearance of a brown egg withgray streaks ; 080 X 060. This is a winter bird of passage in most parts of the UnitedStates, arriving in loose, scattered flocks from the North, inthe Middle and Eastern States, about the second week inO
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