NATURAL HISTORY. 
9: F. Einarira.: (Lin.): Will. Orn, p.,181) Lesser 
Red Pole, Common. 
ALAUDA. Arvensis. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 1. 
p. 353. Sky Lark. Common. ‘The great poet 
of nature thus elegantly describes it as the leader 
ef the general chorus ;— 
+ up springs the lark, 
* Shrill voie’d, and loud, the messenger of morn; 
** Fre yet the shadows fly, he, mounted, sings 
** Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts 
* Calls up the tuneful nations.” 
2. A. Minor. Will. Orn. p. 150. Brit. Zool 1. 
p. 358. Tree Lark or Field Lark, Found in 
the neighbourhood of Dartmoor and Haldon. 
We have frequently observed it in Rora and 
Penn Woods, near Ilsington ; a summer visitor. 
3. A. ArporEA. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 1. p. 356, 
Wood Lark, Common, This charming little 
songster frequently sings durmg the hot summer 
nights. This circumstance, White notes in his 
history of Selborne, 
“While high in air and poised upon his wings, 
“Unseen the soft enamoured wood lark sings.” 
4, A. Pratensis. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 1. p. 857, 
Titlurk. Common near marshy grounds, 
S. A. Petrorsa. Mont. Lin. Trans. 4, p, 41. 
Rock Lark, Common on the beach at Teign- 
mouth, searches for its food on the sands as the 
tide retires, 
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