LARK 509 
successfully introduced on Long Island in the State of New York, 
and into New Zealand—where it may possibly become as trouble- 
some a denizen as are other subjects upon which Acclimatization 
Societies have exercised their meddling activity. Allied to the 
Skylark a considerable number of species have been described, of 
which Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B. Br. Mus. xiii. pp. 566-579) deems only 
two to be valid, besides a supposed local race, Alauda agrestis, not 
recognized by him, the difference between which and the normal 
bird (stated at length in Mr. Dresser’s birds of Europe, iv. 
pp. 310, 311) is shewn above. 
The Woop.Lark, the Alauda arborea of most systematists, has 
been by some generically separated as Lullula. It is a much more 
local and therefore a far less numerous bird than the Skylark, 
from which it may be easily distinguished by its finer bill, shorter 
tail, more spotted breast, and light superciliary stripe. Though 
not actually inhabiting woods, as its common name might imply, 
it is seldom found far from trees. Its song wants the variety and 
power of the Skylark’s, but has a resonant sweetness peculiarly its 
own. ‘The bird, however, requires much care in captivity, and is 
far less often caged than its congener. It has by no means so wide 
a range as the Skylark, and perhaps the most eastern locality 
recorded for it is Tiflis, while its appearance in Egypt and even in 
Algeria must be accounted rare. 
Not far removed from the foregoing is a group of Larks char- 
acterized by a larger crest, a stronger and more curved bill, a 
rufous lining to the wings, and some other minor features. This 
group has been generally termed Galerita,’ and has for its type the 
Crested Lark, the Alauda cristata of Linneus, a bird common 
enough in parts of France and some other countries of the European 
Continent, and said to have been obtained several times in the 
British Islands. Many of the birds of this group frequent the 
borders if not the interior of deserts, and such as do so exhibit a 
more or less pale coloration, whereby they are assimilated in- hue 
to that of their haunts (cf. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, p. 336). 
The same characteristic may be observed in several other groups 
—especially those known as belonging to the genera Calandrella, 
Ammomanes, and Certhilauda or Alemon, some species of which are 
of a light sandy or cream colour. The genus last named is of very 
peculiar appearance, presenting in some respects an extraordinary 
resemblance to the Hoopor, so much so that the first specimen 
1 The name, however, is inadmissible, owing to its prior use in Entomology, 
just as is Heterops, conferred without any definition in 1844 by Hodgson or J. E. 
Gray (Zool. Miscell. p. 84).  Aristotle’s old name, Corydus, was utilized by 
Cuvier, in a slightly different form, for a very different bird, or it would have 
come in appropriately. Any one coveting the privilege of bestowing a generic 
name has here an casy opportunity of distinguishing himself. 
