486 ALAUDID^. 



Though not very numerous in any locality that I am 

 acquainted with, the Wood Lark inhabits Sussex, Hamp- 

 shire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, Devonshire, and a few 

 in Cornwall ; it is also found in Wales ; is included by Mr. 

 Templeton in his Catalogue of the Birds of Ireland ; where, 

 according to Mr. Thompson, it is resident in the counties 

 of Down and Antrim, but is very partially distributed. 



North of London, it is found in Suffolk, Norfolk, Lin- 

 colnshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire. Mr. 

 Heysham mentions the capture of this bird near Carlisle 

 as a very rare occurrence ; but says that it is taken occa- 

 sionally by bird-catchers in the vicinity of Dumfries. Mr. 

 Selby considers it a very rare species in Northumberland. 

 Sir Robert Sibbald and Dr. Fleming include it as a bird 

 of Scotland, but no localities are named. It does not 

 appear to visit the Orkneys or Shetland. In Denmark, 

 Sweden, and Russia, it is a summer visitor only, appear- 

 ing in March, and leaving those countries to go southward 

 in September. In Germany, Holland, France, and thence 

 to Italy, it is resident all the year ; it is found at Corfu, 

 Sicily, Malta, and Crete, and Mr. Strickland says it is 

 common at Smyrna. 



The upper mandible of the beak is dark brown, the 

 lower one pale yellow brown ; the irides hazel ; over the 

 eye and ear-coverts a pale brown streak ; the feathers 

 on the top of the head elongated, forming a crest, when 

 elevated, of a light brown colour streaked with dark 

 brown ; the nape, back, wings, and upper tail-coverts 

 wood-brown, streaked on the neck and patched on the 

 back with dark brownish black ; quill-feathers dusky 

 brown, tipped with light brown; tertials dark brown, 

 edged with light brown ; the outer tail-feather on each 

 side pale brown, with a dark brown patch on the inner 

 web ; the two middle tail-feathers nearly uniform pale 



