34 BIRDS. 



Section 4. OSCINES SCUTELLIPLANTARES. 

 Fam. ALATJDID-ffi. 



114. Galerita cristata (L.). Crested Lark. 



115. Alauda arvensis L. Sky-Lark. 



Resident, generally distributed, abundant. Immense flocks 

 of immigrants from the continent arrive on the coast in 

 autumn, departing further south on the advent of winter. 



116. Alauda arborea L. Wood-Lark. 



Resident, extremely limited both in numbers and distribu- 

 tion. Breeds at Brandsby, Duncombe Park, and Hack- 

 ness near Scarborough, and occasionally at Maltby and 

 Doncaster. Has occurred chiefly in the winter near 

 Whitby, Bridlington, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, and 

 Halifax. 



117. Calandrella brachydactyla (LeisL). Short-toed Lark. 



118. Melanocorypha sibirica (Gm.). White-winged Lark. 



119. Otocorys alpestris (L.). Shore-Lark. 



Winter visitant, entirely confined to the coast, and irregular 

 both in appearance and numbers. Abundant in the 

 winter of 1879-80, when they arrived on Dec. 22nd and 

 departed about the 2oth of March. 



Section 5. OSCINES CULTRIROSTRES. 

 Fam. STURNID-ffi. 



120. Agelaeus phceniceus (L.). Red-winged Starling. 



Accidental visitant from the American continent, of extremely 

 rare occurrence. 



Adwick-le-Street, a male found, probably killed by the tele- 

 graph wire, March 3ist, 1877 (S. L. Mosley, Zool., 1877, 

 p. 257; Nat, 1877, p. 53). 



