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 LARK, SHORE. 



ALAUDA ALPESTEIS, Lin. 



The Shore Lark occurs in the northern parts of 

 Europe, Asia, and America, migrating into the 

 temperate regions in autumn. A few individuals 

 of the species have been obtained in England. It 

 breeds on the high and desolate tracts of moss- 

 covered granite rock which extend for miles ad- 

 jacent to the shores of Labrador. The Shore Lark 

 embeds its nest in moss and lichens, which greatly 

 resemble in colour the hue of its plumage. The 

 nest is composed of fine grasses, with a lining of 

 grouse and other feathers. The eggs, of which, 

 according to Naturalists, there are four or five, are 

 of a large size and a greyish hue, with pale blue 

 and brown spots. 



LAEK, SHORT-TOED. 



ALAUDA BRACHTDACTYLA, Temm. 



This species is considered to be very abundant in 

 Sicily, and generally along the shores of the Medi- 

 terranean. One specimen is said to have been 

 caught near Shrewsbury, in October, 1841. It 

 makes its nest on the ground, and lays four or five 

 eggs, of a uniform dull yellow hue, without any 



spots. 



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