WOOD LARK. 461 
Though not very numerous in any locality that I am 
acquainted with, the Wood Lark inhabits Sussex, Hamp- 
shire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, Devonshire, and a few 
in Cornwall; it is also found in Wales; is included by 
Mr. Templeton in his Catalogue of the Birds of Ireland ; 
where, according to Mr. Thompson, it is resident in the 
counties of Down and Antrim, but is very partially dis- 
tributed. 
North of London, it is found in Suffolk, Norfolk, Lin- 
colnshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire. Mr. 
Heysham mentions the capture of this bird near Carlisle 
as a very rare occurrence ; but says that it is taken occa- 
sionally by bird-catchers in the vicinity of Dumfries. Mr. 
Selby considers it a very rare species in Northumberland. 
Sir Robert Sibbald and Dr. Fleming include it as a bird 
of Scotland, but no localities are named. It does not 
appear to visit the Orkneys or Shetland. In Denmark, 
Sweden, and Russia, it is a summer visitor only, appear- 
ing in March, and leaving those countries to go southward 
in September. In Germany, Holland, France, and thence 
to Italy, it is resident all the year; it is found at Corfu, 
Sicily, Malta, and Crete, and Mr. Strickland says it is 
common at Smyrna. 
The upper mandible of the beak is dark brown, the 
lower one pale yellow brown; the irides hazel; over the 
eye and ear-coverts a pale brown streak; the feathers 
on the top of the head elongated, forming a crest, when 
elevated, of a light brown colour streaked with dark 
brown; the nape, back, wings, and upper tail-coverts, 
wood-brown, streaked on the neck and patched on the 
back with dark brownish black; quill-feathers dusky 
brown, tipped with light brown; tertials dark brown, 
edged with light brown; the outer tail-feather on each 
