Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

PIPIT, OR TITLARK.

697. Anthus rubescens. 6½ inches.

Range.—It breeds on the high mountains of Colorado, California, Alaska, north to the Arctic Zone. During migration they may be found over most of the United States in quite large flocks. Their nests are placed on the ground in tufts of grass, and are made of fine grass and moss, lined with feathers and hair. Four to six eggs are grayish, heavily blotched with brown (.75 × .55).