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INSESSORES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



ALAUDIDJE. 



ALA UDIDM. 



THE SKY LARK. 



Alauda arvensis. 



Alauda arvensis, Sty Lark, 



Field 

 Sty 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 475. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 216. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 79. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 273. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 127. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Alouette des champs, TEMM. Man.d'Ornith.vol. i. p. 281. 



THE SKY LARK is so abundant as a species, so universal 

 a favourite, and its various qualities are so well understood 

 and appreciated, as to require little more than a general 

 reference here to the points of greatest interest in its his- 

 tory. It is an inhabitant of most, if not all, the countries 



