T R E E - P I P IT .
Anthus arboreus (Gmelin).
TEEE-PIPIT.
ANTHUS ARBOREUS {Gmelin).
Alauda arborea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 793 ; Macg. ii.
p. 174; Hewitson, i. p. 179.
Anthus arboreus, Naum. iii. p. 758.
Anthus trivialis, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 569; Dresser, iii. p. 309.
Pipit des arbres, French; Baum-Pieper, German; Cinceta,
Pispita, Spanish.
This well-known bird is a common spring visitor to
most of our English counties, as well as to certain
parts of Scotland, but is scarce in the north of the
latter kingdom, and, according to Mr. H. Saunders,
had not been obtained in Ireland at the time of the
publication of his ‘Manual’ in 1889. With us, in
Northamptonshire, this bird is exceedingly common,
and amongst our country-folk often does duty as the
“ Wood-Lark,” though perhaps it is more generally
known by the name of “ Titlark,” the common designation
of the Meadow-Pipit. I may mention that the
genuine Wood-Lark is a very rare bird in our neighbourhood
; and as we have no common-lands or heaths,
the Meadow-Pipit is not abundant.
The present species arrives in the first or second
week of April, and frequents for the most part well