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ALAUDID.E. CYPSELID^E. 



S. Europe and 

 Asia Minor, 

 wintering in 

 Africa and 

 India. 



Asiatic Eussia, 

 wintering in 

 S.E. Kussia, 

 Turkey, and 

 Asia Minor* 



// ' ^ 



Arctic and sub- 

 Arctic regions, 

 wintering 

 south. 



if 



Eare 



125. SHOUT-TOED LARK. Alauda brachydactyla, Leisler. 

 straggler on migration : as yet only to England. 



Below buffish white ; no spots on underparts ; but sometimes a streak 

 or two and brownish patch on each side of upper breast. Outer tail- 

 feathers buffish white, except the brown basal half of inner web ; the 

 next feather has outer web with buffish white edging. Front claws very 

 short and curved ; hind claw straight and rather elongated. Length 5| 

 inches. 



126. WHITE-WINGED LARK. Alauda sibirica, J. F. Ginelin. One 

 record : Sussex, 1869. 



Bill short and stout, arched above. Head rufous ; secondaries white, 

 brown at the base ; outer tail-feathers white. Length 7 inches. 



127. SHORE-LARK. Otocorys alpestris (Linnaeus). Of irregular 

 appearance in autumn and winte'r on sea-coast. Sometimes in large 

 numbers on the E. coast of Great Britain ; not yet recorded from Ireland. 



Hind claw long and nearly straight. 



Adult male. Tuft of long erectile black feathers on each side of head 

 above eye ; front of crown, patch from bill to below eye, and lower 

 throat black; forehead, eye- stripe, chin, and throat yellowish white; 

 tail black, except two centre feathers, which are brown, and the two 

 outer feathers margined on outer web with white. Lengtli 7 inches. 



Female. Less black on crown. 



Female and young male have no black ear-tuft, and young females no 

 yellow on forehead. 



In ivinter. Black parts are not so distinct, and there is more yellow on 

 light parts of head and neck. 



Order PICARI-3B. Family CYPSELID^J. 



Tail of ten feathers. 



128. SWIFT. Oypselus apus (Linnaeus). Spring to autumn. 



General colour blackish brown, except small whitish chin-patch ; four 

 toes all directed forwards. Length 7| inches. 



Mmor / Oypselus melba (Linnaeus). Migratory visitor. 



India, ' \V V Above greyish brown ; chin and belly white, with baud of greyish 

 ering in}^ brown across upper breast ; toes as in last. Length 8jf inches. 



C. & S. Europe, U 129. ALPI-NE SWIFT. 



Asia Minor. / 



and T " '' 



wintering 



Ceylon and 



S. Africa. 



E. Asia, 

 wintering as 

 far south as 

 Australian 

 region. 



Two 



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130. SPINE-TAILED SWIFT. Acanthyllis caudacuta (Latham) 

 records, both in July : Essex, 1846 ; Hants, 1879. 



Head glossy green ; forehead and throat white ; spiny shaft on each 

 tail-feather protruding beyond the web ; rump and back brown ; centre 

 of back dirty white. Three toes in front and one behind. Length 8 

 inches. 



