156 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
The Wood Lark has the beak dark brown on the 
upper mandible and the lower one pale yellow- 
brown; irides hazel; the head is very dark brown, 
the feathers being more or less margined with lhght 
brown and elongated, forming a slight crest; there is 
a light streak over the eye and ear-coverts extending 
to the back of the neck; cheeks and ear-coverts 
rusty brown; feathers of the back, scapulars, wing 
and tail-coverts very dark brown, margined with 
light brown; quills dullish brown, margined very 
narrowly and tipped with light brown; the margins 
of the tertials are broader than those of the other 
quills, and the brown on the inner web is a shade 
darker than that on the outer web; the outer tail- 
feather on each side light brown, with a dark brown 
patch on the inner web, the two centre feathers 
brown, all the other feathers dark brown, with a spot 
of white at the end; throat, breast and all the under 
parts light yellowish brown, spotted with dark brown 
on the breast; legs, toes and claws light brown, the 
hind claw straight and half as long again as the hind 
toe. Yarrell says the female has the spots on the 
breast more numerous than the male. 
The eggs of the Wood Lark very nearly resemble 
those of the Sky Lark in colour, but are rather 
smaller in size, and not quite so broad for their 
length; but, like the eggs of so many other birds, 
they vary considerably. Meyer mentions a variety 
in which the ground colour is reddish white, freckled 
