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CALAXDRA LARK. 
The Calaiidra Lark nests on the ground among lu- 
cerne or corn. Its nest, accoi'ding to Dubois, resembles 
much that of the Crested Lark; it is made of blades of 
grass and roots, lined with moss and root- fibres, some- 
times with wool and feathers. 
It builds twice a year, in April and June, and lays 
from four to six eggs, of a dirty white, covered with 
numerous spots of olive green, thickest generally at the 
larger end, though sometimes equally diffused. Long 
diameter one inch or nearly, short, three-quarters of an 
inch. 
The adult male in breeding plumage has the upper 
parts rich brown, with the feathers bordered with russet. 
Inferior parts bluish white, with two lai’ge black spots 
on each side of the neck, forming a kind of half-collar, 
and separating the white throat from the russet and 
brown spots, with which the crop is mottled. Wing 
primaries blackish brown, the outer Aveb very lightly 
bordered with white; the secondaries broadly tipped with 
that colour; under wing coverts and under part of pri- 
maries uniform blackish brown, relieved by the white 
shaft of the first quill, and the white tips of the second- 
aries. Two upper tail feathers brown, bordered with 
lighter, the two laterals white, the rest rich dark brown, 
tipped slightly with white; beak yellowish below and 
on _ the rides, dark brown along the upper ridge; feet 
yellowish brown; iris grey. 
According to Degland, in the male after moult, or in 
autumn, the feathers above are darker in the centre, 
and their borders more russet. The plumage of the 
female resembles that of the male in autumn, but the 
head and beak are smaller, and the demi-collar in the 
neck is narrower. 
The young after the first moult have the plumage 
