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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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t todo, but with this difference, that they suffer their tails to vibrate wheneverthey stop running. Again, instead of squatting partially down, as trueLarks do, to pick up their food, they move their body upon the upper jointsof the legs, in the manner of Thrushes and other birds. Another habitseldom found in the Lark genus is that of settling on fences and trees, andwalking along them with apparent ease. Whilst residing among the meadows and ploughed fields, these birds feedon insects and small seeds, picking up some gravel at the same time. Alongthe rivers, or on the sea-shores, they are fond of running as near the edge ofthe water as possible, and searching among the drifted leaves and weeds forsuch insects as are usually found there. The vibratory motion of their tailis now more perceptible, being quicker. Their feeble notes are alsofrequently uttered. When shot along the shores, their stomachs have beenfound filled with fragments of minute shells, as well as small shrimps, and w
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AMERICAN PIPIT OR TITLARK. 41 other garbage. When raised by the report of a gun, they rise high, andsometimes fly to a considerable distance; but you may expect their return tothe same spot, if you keep yourself concealed for a few minutes. They areexpert fly-catchers, inasmuch as they leap from the ground, and followinsects on the wing for several feet with avidity. The company of cattle isagreeable to them, so much so, that they walk almost under them in quest ofinsects. The species now under consideration reaches Louisiana about the middleof October, and leaves it in the beginning of March. I caught some ofthese birds on my passage from France to the United States, on the GreatNewfoundland Banks. They came on board wearied, and so hungry thatthe crumbs of biscuit thrown to them were picked up with the greatestactivity. This bird extends its migrations to the Missouri and Columbia river,where it was met with by Mr. Townsend. I found it in April in theTexas, and Dr. Richardson observ

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