See also:

• PIPIT (cognate with the Lat. Pipio; see PIGEON)

PIPIT (cognate with the See also:

• LAT

Lat. Pipio; see See also:

• PIGEON

PIGEON)  , the name applied by ornithologists to a See also:

• GROUP

group of birds having a See also:

• GREAT

great resemblance both in habits and See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance to the larks (q.v.) . They differ however from larks in several important characters, and, having been first separated to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the genus Anthus, which has since been much broken up, are now generally associated with the wagtails (q.v.) in the Passerine See also:

• FAMILY

family Motacillidae . Pipits, of which over fifty See also:

• SPECIES

species have been described, occur in almost all parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world, but in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America are represented by only two species—Neocorys spraguii, the See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

prairie-See also:

• LARK (0. Eng. ldwerce, Ger. Lerche, Dan. Laerke, Dutch Leeuwerik)

lark of the north-western plains, and Anthus ludovicianus, the See also:

• AMERICAN

American titlark, which last is very nearly allied to the so-called See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• PIPIT (cognate with the Lat. Pipio; see PIGEON)

pipit of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, A. spipoletta . To most See also:

• ENGLISH

English readers the best known species of pipit is the titlark or meadow-pipit, A. pratensis, a See also:

• BIRD

bird too See also:

• COMMON

common to need description, and abundant on pastures, See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

moors, and uncultivated districts generally; but in some localities the See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree-pipit, A. trivialis, or A. arboreus of some authors, takes its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and where it does so it usually attracts See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention by its loud See also:

• SONG

song, which is not unlike that of a See also:

• CANARY
• CANARY (Serinus canarius)

canary, but delivered (as appears to be the See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of all the pipits) on the wing and during a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short circuitous See also:

• FLIGHT

flight . Another species, the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-lark, A. obscurus, scarcely ever leaves the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and is found almost all See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• BRITISH

British Islands . The See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-See also:

• AFRICAN

African genus Macronyx, remarkable for the extreme length of its See also:

• HIND

hind claw, is generally placed among the pipits, but differs from all the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest in its brighter coloration, which has a curious resemblance to the American genus Sturnella (see See also:

• ICTERUS

ICTERUS), though the bird is certainly not allied thereto . (A .