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Denmark it is called Skovlcerke and Hedelcerke, and sometimes IAjngloerJce, and is not common 

 with us ; even during migration in March and April it is only occasionally observed. I do not 

 know any instance of its breeding on the islands ; but it breeds here and there on Jutland." It 

 is found throughout Northern and Central Germany, but it is nowhere as common as the 

 Sky-Lark. In no locality is it really plentiful, but restricts itself to certain small districts. It is 

 a true migrant, leaving in the autumn to winter in the south, and returning again in the spring. 

 Dr. E. Rey, in his ' Ornis von Halle,' states that it generally arrives there early in March, but 

 only a few remain to breed. From Bitterfeld to Dessau it becomes more numerous. He pro- 

 cured nests from the 4th to the 27th of May, containing four and five eggs. 



In Holland and Belgium it is likewise much rarer than the Sky-Lark ; and in the latter 

 country it occurs regularly during migration in autumn, and again in March, when it is found in 

 small flocks in the fields and meadows. Baron von Droste Hulshoff includes it in his work on 

 the ornithology of Borkum as rare ; but he found it breeding on the dunes ; and Mr. Labouchere 

 writes that it breeds in some parts of Holland. 



According to Degland and Gerbe it is common throughout France, sedentary in some parts, 

 as in the Landes and in the department of Var, and migratory in others, as near Paris and in some 

 of the northern departments. In Provence it is, according to MM. Jaubert and Barthelemy- 

 Lapommeraye, very common during the autumn migration, but rare in spring. In the far south 

 of France it is rarely seen in summer; and in Spain, as we are informed by Major Irby, it 

 seldom remains to breed. In this latter country, he writes, it is not at any time abundant, and 

 appears to be, as in England, very local. They are more numerous in the spring, from February 

 to the end of April, when they leave for the north. Mr. Howard Saunders found it tolerably 

 common in Southern Spain during the autumn and winter, some few breeding near Granada. 

 In Portugal it is, according to the Rev. A. C. Smith, local and not common. Canon Tristram, 

 who compared the specimens obtained by Mr. Smith with British and continental specimens, 

 remarks that the Portuguese bird is rather darker than these latter. 



Passing eastward again we find this species (according to Bailly) not so common in Switzer- 

 land and Savoy as the Sky-Lark, and frequenting especially the bushy localities and vineyards. 

 It leaves Savoy during the cold season, but does not migrate far, as it arrives back in Southern 

 Europe early in February. Dr. Girtanner writes that it breeds in Switzerland. In Modena, 

 according to Doderlein, it is resident throughout the greater part of the year, and breeds ; but 

 on the approach of winter, its numbers being increased by accession from the north, the majority 

 take their departure for the south. Almost the same occurs in Sicily, where a few pairs remain 

 to breed in spring, the majority returning to the north. 



In Malta (Wright, Ibis, 1864, p. 60) it is less rare than the Crested Lark, but cannot be 

 considered common. It appears at the same season, and Mr. Wright has observed it offered for 

 sale with Sky-Larks. Lord Lilford observed it commonly at Corfu during the winter ; and large 

 flocks remain to winter in Greece, where it is, strictly speaking, a winter visitant, though, 

 according to Dr. Kriiper, a few pairs are occasionally found breeding in the mountains; and 

 Lord Lilford likewise states that a few remain to breed in Corfu. It is common in Turkey 

 during the winter season, and is said by Mr. Robson to be resident near Constantinople. On the 

 coasts of the Black Sea it is recorded by Professor Nordmann as rare ; and he only twice 



