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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



CaIan^ra Xarft, 



The Calandra Lark [Melanocorypha calandra^ Linnaeus) is 

 an exceedingly rare autumn migrant to the British Isles, 

 but is a permanent resident in the South of France and 

 in Spain, also in parts of Italy and Greece, and is very 

 numerous in Turkey and North Africa. The adult is 

 greyish-brown on the upper parts, with dark centres to the 

 feathers ; under parts, white, washed with tawny, and finely 

 streaked with dark brown. On each side of the neck is 

 a conspicuous patch of black. Length, about six inches. 



