Song. 
Flight. 
Food. 
Nest, &c. 
224 PASSERES. ALAUDA. Woopv-Lakk. 
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‘The young, previous to the first moult, have the black 
and brown shades of their upper plumage more distinct 
and deeper than the adults. 
W ood-Lark.—Alauda arborea, Linn. 
PLATE 50. Fig. 2. 
Alauda arborea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 287. 3.—Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 793.— 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 492. sp. 3.—Raii, Syn. p. 69. A. 2.—Wiil. 
p- 149. t. 40.—Briss. 3. p. 340. t. 20. £ 1. 
Alauda nemorosa, Gmel. Syst. |. p. 797. sp. 21. 
Alauda cristatella, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 499. sp. 36. 
Le Lulu, Alouette des bois, ou le Cujelier, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 74. and v. 5. 
p- 25.—Id. Pl. Enl. v. 503. 
Alouette Lulu, Zemm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 282. 
Baumlerche, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 781. 
Waldlerche, Meyer, Tasschenb. v. 1. p- 362. 
Wood-Lark, Br. Zool. No. 137.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 395. B.—Iill. (An gl.) 
p- 204. —Lewin’s Br. Birds, 3. t. 90.—Lath. Syn. 4. p. 371. 3.—Albin. 1. 
t. 42.__Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 8.—Wale. Syn. 2. t. 190.—Mont. Ornith. 
Dict. v. 1.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, v. 1. p.  . t. 183.—Shaw’s Zool. v. 10. 
p- 506. t. 47. 
The Wood-Lark is, with us, by no means an abundant 
species ; 1s confined to the southern and western parts of Eng- 
land; and, according to Montacu, is most numerous in De- 
vonshire.—It is a delightful songster, surpassing the sky-lark 
in the melodious richness, though not in the variety of its 
notes.—-Its song is generally poured forth on wing; but it 
differs from the preceding bird in describing its flight in 
widely extended circles, and will thus continue in the air for 
a whole hour, smging without intermission. 
It sometimes also utters its song from the branch of a de- 
cayed tree, but never upon the ground. It frequents culti- 
vated lands and corn-fields, feeding upon grain, various seeds, 
insects and worms.—It breeds very early, and eggs have fre- 
quently been found in its nest in the beginning of April.— 
This 1s placed on the ground, under the shelter of a tuft of 
grass or low shrub; and is formed of dry grasses and stalks, 
lined with finer materials of the same kind, and usually with 
a few hairs intermixed. 
