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Le Pipit des arbres est un vรฉritable forestier, mais il recherche les endroits les moins touffus de la forรชt. En dรฉpit de son appellation, le Pipit des arbres se tient plus ร terre que dans les branches et passe la nuit sur le sol, cachรฉ dans une touffe dโherbes ou de bruyรจres. Le mรขle est un chanteur รฉmรฉrite et infatigable ; sa voix peut se comparer ร celle du canari. Ainsi que les Pouillots, ce Pipit nous dรฉlaisse ร la fin de lโรฉtรฉ.
EN version
The Tree Pipit is a true woodland bird, but it seeks out the least densely wooded parts of the Forest. Despite its name, the Tree Pipit spends more time on the ground than in the branches and passes the night on the ground, hidden in a clump of grass or heather. The male is an accomplished and tireless singer; his voice may be compared to that of the canary. Like the warblers, this Pipit leaves us at the end of summer.
Dr. Alphonse Dubois, conservateur honoraire au Musรฉe dโHistoire naturelle de Belgique from La Forรชt de Soignes, edited by Stevens and Van der Swaelmen, 1920
Image by John Gerrard Kuelemans, ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐, 1869
Footnote. Iโve never seen or heard one in the Forest. This is one of the few examples where the French and English common names coincide. Cuckoo and Noddy spring to mind.