titlark

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

titlark
    n 1: a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country;
         has streaky brown plumage [syn: {pipit}, {titlark}, {lark}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Titlark \Tit"lark`\ (t[i^]t"l[aum]rk`), n. [Tit a small bird +
   lark.] (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to {Anthus},
   {Corydalla}, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks
   in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the
   European meadow pipit ({Anthus pratensis}).
   [1913 Webster]