Society for the Protection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
No. 22.—SKYLARK. | 
by -ELORENCE ’ ANNA) FULCHER. 
SKYLARK. 
I. Name—_SKYLARK. 
Family—Alaudide. 
Genus—Alauda arvensis. 
II, General Description. 
Upper parts varied with three shades of brown, the darkest of which lies along the 
shaft of each feather; a faint whitish streak over the eye; throat white; under parts 
yellowish white tinged with brown; the throat and sides of neck with dark brown lanceolate 
spots, which form a gorget just above the breast. Length 7} inches (W. H. Hudson). 
Illustration, by kind permission of Messrs. Gurney & Jackson, from “ Manual of British Birds,” by 
Mr. Howard Saunders. 
