WHITE-WINGED LARK 231 



Genus MELANOCORYPHA, Boie. 



WHITE-WINGED LARK. 



Melanocoryplia sibirica (Gmelin). S.N., i., p. 799 



(1788). 



" On January 27 a male, and on January 28 a female, 

 of this species were shot by a man named Ward at Wood- 

 church, in Kent, and subsequently exhibited by Dr. N. F. 

 Ticehurst at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club 

 {Bulletin of the B.O.C., xii., p. 50) ; a third individual 

 was seen but not procured. These were the first records 

 of this bird in the county of Kent. 



" At a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, held 

 on October 22, 1902, Dr. N. F. Ticehurst exhibited a 

 male White-winged Lark {Alauda sibirica). This was 

 the third of the birds mentioned above as having been 

 with the pair that were shot at Woodchurch in Kent. 

 It was constantly seen there, but being very wild was 

 not obtained until March 22, 1902. It differed from the 

 male previously recorded in being brighter on the head 

 and wing-coverts and in having much more white on 

 the throat and breast." 



BLACK LARK. 



Melanocoryjplia 2jeltonie7isis(FoYsteY). Phil. Trans., 

 Ivii., p. 350 (1767). 



During the severe weather of January, 1907, the un- 

 expected occurrence of the Black Lark {Melanocorijpha 

 yeltoniensis) in Kent was made known by Mr. C. B. 

 Ticehurst, who exhibited a male and female at a meeting 



