STRANGERS OF THE AUTUMN. 



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SPECIES. 



POINTS OF DISTINCTION. 



White-winged Lark 



(continued} 

 Calandra Lark 



Shore Lark 



Needle-tailed Swift . 



Belted Kingfisher . 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo 



outer tail feather white. Length 

 7 inches. 



Similar to Short-toed Lark in colour, 

 but large black patch on each 

 side of neck. Length 7^ inches. 



Tuft of black feathers on each side 

 of crown above the eye; forehead, 

 eye-stripe, chin, and throat yellow ; 

 lower throat and upper breast 

 black; tail black, except two 

 centre feathers, which are brown, 

 and outer feathers margined on 

 outer web with white. Female 

 less black on crown. After 

 autumn moult, black parts con- 

 cealed by pale margins. Length 

 7 inches. 



Three toes in front, one behind; 

 shafts of tail feathers prolonged 

 into sharp spines. Length 8^ 

 inches. 



General colour above, and band 

 across breast, bluish slate ; rest 

 of under parts white ; head with 

 bushy crest; tail barred with 

 white. Female has chest band 

 mottled with brown; band across 

 belly, and the flanks chestnut. 

 Length 12 inches. 



Ten tail feathers ; above, including 

 two centre tail feathers, brown 

 shot with green ; remaining tail 

 feathers black, tipped with white; 

 primaries suffused with chestnut; 

 under parts white. Bill yellow, 

 broadly tipped on upper man- 



