WOODLARK. 631 



wliite, more or less tinged with straw-colour ; the throat and 

 sides of the neck with dark hrown arrow-headed spots, which 

 becoming thicker and larger form a gorget just above the 

 breast; the sides of the body and flanks tinged and streaked 

 with brown : legs, toes and claws light brown ; the hind claw 

 straight, and half as long again as the hind toe. 



The whole length of a male bird is rather more than six 

 inches. From the carpal joint to the tip of the third and 

 longest primary three inches and three-eighths : the second, 

 fourth and fifth primaries nearly as long as the third. 



The female is rather smaller than the male : the young 

 have the upper parts more rufous, especially the borders of 

 the feathers, which are also tipped with light buff, giving a 

 distinctly spotted appearance to the bird. 



The Woodlark by its slender bill and short tail stands 

 alone among Larks. It is the type of the genus Lullula of 

 Kaup, but there seems to be no real need of separating it 

 from Alauda. 



