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1. A. cantarella, potius E. intermedia. This we consider to be rightly named, but still adhere to our 

 opinion that it is a nothing but a small and undistinguishable race ; and we believe that when Mr. Swinhoe has 

 a larger series of skins from China he will be of the same conclusion. The two specimens are rather more 

 rufescent than western examples, one of them particularly so. They are both from Shanghai, and measure as 

 follows : — Total length 5 - 8 inches, culmen - 5, wing 4 - 0-4 - 3, tail 2 - 4-2'7, tarsus 0'9, hind claw - 5-0 - 6. 



2. A. ccelivox. Mr. Blyth, who has examined this species with us, and compared it with A. gulgula, 

 cannot separate the two birds. On an afterexamination of a large series, we notice, however, that A. ccelivox 

 is duller in plumage, and has not such distinct edgings to the wing-coverts, but has a much broader eyebrow, 

 and the outer tail-feather of a purer white. Total length 5 - 5-5 - 75 inches, culmen 045-05, wing 3'2-36, tail 

 2 - 2-2'4, tarsus - 9-l - 0, hind claw 0"45-O65. The habitat is given by Mr. Swinhoe as Amoy, Canton, Hainan. 



3. A. sala. This name was proposed by Mr. Swinhoe last year for the Sky-Lark of Northern Formosa 

 and Western Hainan, which differs from true A. ccelivox in having a very long hind claw, as well as a longer 

 and more arched bill. 



4. A. wattersi. This bird Mr. Swinhoe further separates from A. ccelivox on account of its "shorter and 

 more conical bill, long hind claw, large and more numerous pectoral spots, and its want of rufescence. By 

 its long hind claw and markings it comes nearer to A. sala ; but the long curved bill of the latter serves at 

 once to separate it. It is the Sky-Lark of South Formosa and the Pescadores/' 



Japan. Here the variations are of specific importance, and the bird constitutes a distinct species, which 

 will stand as A.japonica, T. & S. (Faun. Japon.). Compared with true A. arvensis it is smaller and much more 

 rufous on the upper surface, and the black centres to the feathers are more distinct, and thus the back looks 

 far more distinctly mottled than in the Common Sky-Lark. It has the wing-coverts and edgings to the quills 

 very deep rufous, this character being a very conspicuous feature in the Japanese bird. Total length 6"6-7"0 

 inches, culmen 065-07, wing 3'85-4 - l, tail 2 - 65-2 - 75, tarsus 0"95-l - 0, hind claw 055-07. (Spec. 1 in mus. 

 S. $ D.; 3, Walden; 1, H. B. Tristram.) 



The Sky-Lark is found all over the Palsearctic Region, from the British Islands eastward into 

 Siberia and Northern China. As will be seen by the above resume, a smaller subspecies is met 

 with in South-eastern Europe, but does not present any characters by which it may be perma- 

 nently separated. 



In Great Britain it is distributed everywhere, "breeding even in the extreme north of 

 Scotland and its isles," according to Mr. A. G. More. The late Mr. John Wolley observed it 

 in the Faroe Islands during his visit there ; and Herr Sysselmand Miiller says it is " not rare on 

 the Faroes in April, May, September, and October : a pair bred here." Von Droste doubts its 

 passing the Faroes regularly, as it is not found on Iceland, and in America and Greenland it has 

 been only twice recorded. In Norway Messrs. F. and P. Godman found it breeding on May 

 25th, at Bodo, where it was " abundant in the marsh." Collett says that it arrives in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Christiania in March, leaving again in October ; and Nilsson states that it is 

 numerous at Trondhjem and in the Stordale, extending up as high as Ranenfiord. Lowenhjelm 

 found it breeding in Lapland, in the parish of Stensele, 65° N. latitude, and Malm at Karesuando. 

 It occurs at the Varanger Fiord, as Pastor Sommerfeldt records his having heard it singing at 

 Tana in 1851, and found a nest there the same year. The late Mr. Wheelwright, in his ' Spring 

 and Summer in Lapland,' writes as follows : — " The Sky-Lark was one of the earliest spring 

 migrants ; for I saw a pair in the end of April. They kept close to our house for a few days, 

 when they disappeared ; and I never saw any more, nor did I hear of a nest being taken here 

 (Quickjock)." Von Wright says it is a summer visitor to Finland, and very common, arriving at 



