SKYLARK. 
ALAUDA ARVENSIS. 
Cuar. Above, yellowish brown streaked with dark brown, darkest on 
back and crown ; buff streak over the eye; wings brown, margined with 
buff and tipped with white ; outer tail-feathers mostly white ; below, pale 
buff, spotted and streaked with brown. Length about 7 inches. 
Vest, In a meadow, under a tuft of grass; made of coarse and fine 
grass. : 
£ggs. 3-5; dull gray, marked with olive brown; 0.95 X 0.70. 
Although not mentioned by Nuttall, this European bird becomes 
entitled to a place among the birds of America through its occur- 
rence casually in Greenland and Bermuda. It also has been in- 
troduced lately into New York State and New Jersey; and though 
the success of the experiment is not yet assured, recent reports of 
the abundance and evident nesting of the birds on Long Island 
leave little doubt concerning it. 
