MEADOW PIPIT.
COEG H E D T D D . COR H E D Y D D , OF T H E A N C I E N T B R I T I S H.
TITLARK. PIPIT LARK. TITLING. MEADOW TITLING. MOSS CHEEPER.
LING BIRD. GREY CHEEPER. MEADOW LARK.
Anthus pratensis, FLEMING. LATHAM. SELBV.
" " GODXD. RECHSTEIN.
" sepiarius, VIELLOT.
Alauda pratensis, LlNNÄUS. PENNANT. LATHAM.
" trivialis, MoNTAGU.
" campest ris, LATHAM.
" sepiaria, BREHM.
Leimoniptera pratensis, KAUE.
Anthus—Some small bird. Pratensis—-Of, or p e r t a i n i n g to meadows.
THE T i t l a r k is a n a t i v e of t h e t h r e e c o n t i n e n t s of t h e o l d w o r l d—
E u r o p e , Asia, a n d A f r i c a . It occurs t h r o u g h o u t the whole of t he
f i r s t - n a m e d q u a r t e r of t h e g l o b e , a s c e n d i n g as h i g h h i t h e ' s c a l e of
n a t i o n s , ' as t h e F e r r o c I s l a n d s a n d I c e l a n d , t h e O r k n e y s a n d S h e t l a n d ,
D e n m a r k , N o r w a y , a n d S w e d e n , a n d e v e n b e y o n d t h e A r c t i c c i r c l e;
i n all the m o r e t e m p e r a t e r e g i o n s a l s o — H o l l a n d , D a l m a t i a , a nd
S i c i l y ; a n d i n t h e l a t t e r , in E g y p t , Asia M i n o r , a n d J a p a n ; a nd
d o u b t l e s s in n u m b e r l e s s other r e g i o n s . It is a v e r y common a nd
w e l l - k n o w n species w i t h u s — o n e of our ' h a r d y p e r e n n i a l s t h ey
b r e e d a b u n d a n t l y on t h e Y o r k s h i r e m o o r s ; also in I r e l a n d a nd
S c o t l a n d t h e s a m e , e v e n to C a i t h n e s s.
M e a d o w s and m a r s h l a n d , hill a n d d a l e , waste and w i l d e r n e s s,
m o o r l a n d a n d h e a t h , p l o u g h and p a s t u r e l a n d , all a r e t h e home
of t h e s o b e r - c l a d l i t t l e b i r d before u s , b u t e s p e c i a l l y the w i l d er
d i s t r i c t s . It is f o u n d on t h e s u m m i t s of o u r h i g h e s t m o u n t a i n s , a nd
i n t h e l o w e s t d e p t h s of t h e p l a i n b e l o w , on t h e s t o n y s u m m i t s of
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