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WOODLARK. Alauda arhorea, Linnaeus. PI. 11, fig. 

 11. Length, 5*75 in. ; wing, 3-0 in. ; tarsus, 0*8 in, 



A local resident, far less common than the Sky- 

 lark ; migrating in winter to the south. Mr. A. G. 

 More, in his " List of Irish Birds," includes the Wood- 

 lark as local and scarce, but resident in small 

 numbers in the counties of Antrim, Down, Armagh, 

 Dublin, Wicklow, Waterford, and Cork. It occurs 

 also as a w^inter visitor on the east coast (Blake 

 Knox, Zool, 1870, p. 2018). In Sept. 1898 a small 

 flock was observed near Bray, Co. Wicklow, from 

 which one was shot for identification [Irish Nat., 

 1898, p. 256). 



The Woodlark is found in the southern and 

 midland counties of Scotland, and has accidentally 

 been met with as far north as Orkney, a specimen 

 having been shot at Stromness. 



This was one of the favourite birds of Gilbert 

 White. 



SHORE LARK. Otocorys alpestris (Linnseus). PI. 11, 

 fig. 13. Length, 6*5 in. ; wing, 4*25 in. ; tarsus, 0*9 in. 



An irregular winter visitant, arriving in small 

 flocks on the east coast ; of late years more plentiful 

 or more observed (cf. Stevenson, "Birds of Norfolk," 

 p. iii. 388). 



It is a winter visitor to the east coast of Scot- 

 land, probably from Norway, where it is common 

 enough in the breeding season. In Ireland it is 

 unknown. It feeds on grass-seeds, the blossoms 



