Subfamily ALAUDIN^. 

 WOOD-LARK. Alauda arborea. 



Local resident. Breeds locally in Central Europe. Winters in South 

 Europe, Asia Minor, and North-west Persia, a few remaining to breed in 

 the mountains. 



CRESTED LARK. Alauda cristata. 



Accidental visitor ; eight or ten occurrences on the south coast of England. 

 Resident in Algeria, Central and Southern Europe, Asia Miuor, Palestine, 

 Persia, Russian Turkestan, and North-west India. 



SKY-LARK. Alauda arvensis. 



Common resident. Breeds across Europe and Siberia south of the Arctic 

 Regions, and at high elevations in North-west Africa, Turkestan, Persia, 

 and Japan. Winters in North Africa, Asia Minor, North-west India, and 

 North China. Subject to some climatic variation. 



SHORT-TOED LARK. Alauda brachydactyla. 



Accidental visitor; nine British records, all south coast of England 



except one Suffolk and one Mayo. Breeds in North-west Africa, South 



Europe, Persia, Russian Turkestan, and South-west Siberia. Winters in 

 North Africa and India. 



WHITE-WINGED LARK. Alauda sibirica. 



Accidental visitor; only one British record (Sussex). Resident in 

 South-east Russia. Breeds in South-west Siberia, wintering in Russian 

 Turkestan . 



SHORE-LARK. Alauda alpestris. 



Irregular winter visitor to England and Scotland. Circumpolar species, 

 breeding in the Arctic Regions of both Continents ; wandering soutli in 

 winter, but not as far as the Tropics. 



