SKYLARK. 



Alauda arvensis. 



Char. Above, yellowish brown streaked with dark brown, darkest on 

 back and crown ; buff streak over the eye ; wings brown, margined with 

 buff and tipped with white ; outer tail-feathers mostly white ; below, pale 

 buff, spotted and streaked with brown. Length about 7 inches. 



N'est. In a meadow, under a tuft of grass ; made of coarse and fine 



grass. 



3-5; dull gray, marked with olive brown; 0.95 X 0.70. 



Although not mentioned by Nuttall, this European bird becomes 

 entitled to a place among the birds of America through its occur- 

 rence casually in Greenland and Bermuda. It also has been in- 

 troduced lately into New York State and New Jersey; and though 

 the success of the experiment is not yet assured, recent reports of 

 the abundance and evident nesting of the birds on Long Island 

 leave little doubt concerning it. 



