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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



of breast and throat with dark brown ; i rides, dark brown ; 

 bill, brown; legs and feet, pale yellowish-brown. Length, 

 about seven inches. 



THE Wood-Lark (Alauda arborea, Linnaeus) is a somewhat 

 widely distributed resident species, but is very local. It 

 is said to be unequally distributed over the Western Pale- 

 arctic Region, south of latitude 60 N. The adult in 

 summer resembles the sky-lark in the general colouration 

 of the plumage and crest, but can readily be distinguished 

 from the latter by its smaller size, shorter tail, and the stripe 

 over the eye, which is very broad, and buffish-white in 

 colouration, and reaches to the nape of the neck. Irides, 

 dark brown; bill, brown; legs and feet, pale brown. Length, 

 about five inches. The adult female is similar in coloura- 

 tion to the adult male. The young are more rufous in 

 colour than the adults, and the feathers have light buff 

 tips. 



