9 8 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE WOODLARK. 



(Alauda Arborca, Linn. Aloncttc lulu, Temm. 



THIS bird is smaller than the Sky Lark: the 

 colours of its plumage are much the same ; a 

 -white streak passes from the bill over each eye 

 nearly to the nape : the under parts are white,, 

 tinged with yellow on the throat, and red on 

 the breast, and spotted with black. The tail is 

 shorter than that of other Larks, which gives this 

 bird a less tall and slender shape ; the legs are 

 dull yellow; the hinder claw very long, and some- 

 what curved. 



The Woodlark is generally found near the bor- 

 ders of woods, from which it derives its name; it 

 perches on trees, and sings during the night, so 

 as sometimes to be mistaken for the Nightingale; 

 it likewise sings as it flies, and builds its nest on 



