ALAUDIDAI—LARKS. rn 
Genus OTOCORYS. 
EUROPEAN SHORE LARK. 
Otocorys alpestris (Zzzz). 
Adult Male: Frontal band, superciliary stripe, ear-coverts, 
chin, throat and sedes of throat (between ear-coverts and chest- 
band) white, washed with pale yellow; lores, cheeks, fore 
part of crown, erectile ear-tufts and chest-band black ; hind 
_ crown, nape and upper tail-coverts pale brown tinged with 
pink, back feathers with dark brown centres; wings dull 
brown with pale margins, outermost primary externally mar- 
gined with white; tail-feathers blackish-brown, outermost 
externally margined with white, central pair light brown with 
dark centres ; breast and abdomen white ; flanks tinged with 
brown; bill bluish ; legs and feet nearly black; irides dark 
brown. Length 7 inches; culmen 04; wing 4°25; tail 2°8; 
tarsus 0°8. 
Adult Female: Somewhat smaller; erectile feathers at 
sides of crown wanting ; sides of face mottled with black ; pink 
tinge on upper parts less apparent ; colour of under parts less 
pure, black on chest less in total area. 
Nestling: Above dark brown, the feathers bordered with 
yellowish ; cheeks and throat pale yellow. The former mottled 
and the latter streaked with black; bill, legs and feet dirty 
flesh-colour. 
Distribution : Northern Europe, Asia and America, oc- 
curring on migration in most countries of Europe. 
Habitat: High mountain regions, or in winter low cultiva- 
ted lands, near the sea. 
EASTERN SHORE LARK. 
.Otocorys penicillata (Gould). 
Adult Male (Summer): <Adove very much as in O. 
alpestris, but paler; the white on the head purer; erectile 
feathers on crown very long; the d/ack on the cheeks joining 
that on the chest, which with rest of under parts is white, that 
upon the latter being more extended and reaching almost to the 
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