SKY LARK. 



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The whole length of the adult male is seven inches and a 

 quarter. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, 

 four inches and a half ; the first feather short, the second 

 shorter than the third, which is the longest in the wing. 



The female is a little smaller than the male, and rather 

 darker in colour. 



Broad edgings to the great wing-coverts, and a black 

 spot with a white tip at the lanceolate ends of the smaller 

 coverts, bespeak the young bird ; these markings are lost 

 at the first moult, wliich begins in August. 



The vignette below represents the breast-bone and the 

 foot of the Sky Lark of the natural size. 



