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ALAUDA ARBOREA. THE WOOD LARK. 



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Alauda aiborea. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 297. 



Alauda arborea. Lath. Ind. Orn. IL 492. 



Alauda cristatella. Lath. Ind, Orn. II. 499. 



Wood Lark. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Alouette Lulu. Alauda arborea. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 282. 



Wood-Lark. Alauda arborea. Selb. Illustr. I. 2/6. 



Alauda arborea. Wood-Lark. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 127- 



Of both sexes the upper parts light reddish-brown streaked with 

 brownish-blacky the fore-neck reddish-wliite streaked with brotmiish- 

 black^ the sides light brown, the rest of the lower parts yellowish- 

 white, a distinct yellowish-ivhite band over the eye conti7iuous with 

 a patch of the same on the nape ; the first quill minute, the 

 fourth longest. 



Male. — The Wood Lark, although considerably smaller 

 than the Sky Lark, so closely resembles it in colouring, that it 

 is difficult to point out the differences between the species. 

 The bill of the Wood Lark is much more slender, its hind 

 claw less elongated, and its wing of a different form, as is in- 

 dicated in the specific character. The feathers on the head are 



