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rarely does. The nest is placed on the ground among grass 

 or corn, and is composed externally of dry grass, and lined 

 with finer blades intermixed with hair. The eggs, four or five, 

 are nine-twelfths long, seven-twelfths in breadth, pale yellow- 

 ish-brown, freckled with umber or greyish-brown. 



Alauda arborea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 297. Alauda arborea, 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 282. Alauda arborea, Wood-Lark, 

 MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 174. 



105. ALAUDA ALPESTRIS. SHORE LARK. 



Male in winter with the upper parts pale brownish-red, 

 streaked with dark brown ; the lower parts white ; a recurved 

 band on the head, a band from the bill to the eye, and a large 

 patch on the fore neck black, but the feathers tipped with red- 

 dish-white ; the throat and a band over the eyes yellow. Male 

 in summer with the bands on the head and neck pure black ; 

 the throat and band over the eyes white. Female with the 

 upper parts as in the male, the lower greyish-white. 



Male, 74, 13 J, 4 T v, T V, tt, T V, iV Female, 7J. 



An individual was shot near Sherringham in Norfolk, in 

 March 1830 ; another was killed in Lincolnshire ; and Mr 

 Yarrell makes mention of a pair that were obtained together 

 on an extensive down in Kent. This species occurs in the 

 northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, migrating into 

 the temperate regions in autumn. 



Horned Lark. 



Alauda alpestris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 289. Alauda alpes- 

 tris, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 279. Alauda alpestris, Shore- 

 Lark, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 159. 



FAMILY XXI. PARING. PAR1NE BIRDS 

 OR TITS. 



The Tits are small birds, somewhat allied to the Re- 

 guli, as well as to the Garruli, although, from their di- 

 minutive size, they seem at first sight to have little affi- 

 nity to the latter. Their general form is moderately full ; 

 their head large, broadly ovate, and convex. Bill short, 

 straight, tapering, hard, with its outlines more or less 

 convex, the mandible thin-edged, and rather obtuse, the 

 upper destitute of notch. The tongue is short, narrow, 



