SHORK LARK. 329 



do not yet know its range to the south, or to- 

 wards Asia. 



The Woodlark, though somewhat resembling 

 the last in its colours and their distribution, is 

 easily distinguished by its less size, and the 

 shortness of the tail, which renders it a more 

 compact and less elegant looking bird. On the 

 upper parts, the feathers are brownish black, 

 edged with pale yellowish brown. The form of 

 the feathers and marking more rounded than in 

 the last. The lower parts are pale straw yellow, 

 upon the neck and breast spotted longitudinally 

 with dark brownish black. Above the eye the 

 streak is well defined, and is of a yellowish white. 

 Hinder claws very long. 



THE SHORE LARK, ALAUDA ALPESTRIS, Linn. 

 Alauda alpestris, Linn. A. cornuta, Swain. 

 Shore Lark of Wilson and modern British 

 authors. This is the third Lark which the in- 

 dustry of modern British ornithologists have 

 added to our list. It is, however, of rare occur- 

 rence, and can only rank as an occasional straggler, 

 four specimens being all that are at present on 

 record. It is a bird having the organs of flight 

 amply developed, and having an extensive geogra- 

 phical range over the New World,* extending also 



* The Prince of Musignano has separated the North 

 American birds from those of Europe, keeping the trivial 

 name of alpestris for the last. By Brehm and Boie, this 

 bird has been placed as the type of a sub-genus. In the 

 wing, the small spurious quill is wanting. 



