WOOD LARK. 



Alauda arborea, PKX.VANT. MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



" nemorosa, GMKLIX. 



" cristutella, LATHAM. 



Alauda A Lark. Arborea0', or pertaining to trees. 



THE Wood Lark is found in Europe in Germany, France, 

 Holland, Italy, Crete, Corfu, and other countries of the south 

 of this continent, where it is a resident throughout the year; 

 and also in Denmark, Russia, and Sweden, but only as a 

 summer visitant. It occurs also in Asia Minor. 



In this country it is met with in Yorkshire, pretty fre- 

 quently in the neighbourhood of York, but farther north than 

 that city it becomes rare; Sussex, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, 

 Somersetshire, Devonshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Der- 

 byshire, Lancashire, and, though but sparingly, in Cornwall, 

 and Northumberland. It is not a common bird; I have 

 never obtained but one, namely, at Langmoor, near Charmouth, 

 Dorsetshire, many years ago. 



In Ireland, it is known in the counties of Antrim and 

 Down, and no doubt in others too; but there also it is 

 uncommon. 



Mr. Thomas Edwards has informed me of his having found 

 this bird so far north as Banff; and Mr. Heysham has related 

 that it is occasionally taken near Dumfries. 



In the Orkney Islands it appears to be unknown, for it 

 is not recorded in the 'Natural History of Orkney,' published 

 by Dr. Baikie and Mr. Heddle. Meyer says that in Shetland 

 it is hardly known. 



Cultivated districts are the resort of the "Wood Lark, as 

 its name implies; it prefers the rich parts of the country 



