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guish it at a glance from the common Pipits. More 

 than fifty instances of its occurrence in England 

 have been noted. In Scotland Mr. J. G. Millais 

 obtained one near Dunkeld in August 1880. One 

 of the latest specimens was obtained at Caistor, 

 Norfolk, on 11th December 1894, and is now in 

 the Norwich Museum (Gurney, Zool., 1895, p. 102). 

 In Ireland it has not yet been recognised. 



The rarer Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris 

 (Linn.), has been met with several times in Eng- 

 land, but not so frequently as to entitle it to a place 

 here. It will be found included in Part 11. of this 

 volume. 



Fam. ALAUDID^. 



SKYLARK. Alauda arvensisy Linnseus. PI. 11, figs. 

 10, 10a. Length, 7 in. ; wing, 4*25 in. ; tarsus, 1 in. 



Resident, yet migrating southwards in large 

 flocks in autumn. Between the end of August 

 and the end of December or beginning of January, 

 the native Larks receive great accessions to their 

 numbers from the Continent. The general line of 

 direction of the incoming birds is from east to 

 west, sometimes from north-east to south-west. See 

 Cordeaux, Report on Migration of Birds, 1880. 



For an article on Lark-catching and the use of 

 Lark-mirrors, see my " Essays on Sport and Natural 

 History," pp. 190-200. 



For an account of Skylarks nesting in an aviary, 

 see TJie Field, Aug. 25, 1900. 



