SHORE-LARK. 



1NSESSORES. ALAUDIDM. 



CONIROSTRES. 



PLATE XCVI. 



SHORE-LARK. 

 Alauda alpestris. 



We have traced the sky and woodlarks through the regions 

 respectively inhabited by them, and have observed that the 

 former penetrates much further north than the latter, the sky- 

 lark permanently residing in some countries which the wood- 

 lark only reaches as a summer- visitor. The third species of 

 Lark, still remaining to be described, passes still higher in 

 its polar migration, and enlivens by its cheerful song the 

 barren and desolate regions that border upon the Arctic 

 Seas. 



This species is found in some of the northern districts of 

 Europe, and Asia ; but especially in North America, in which 

 country it appears to be the most abundant ; we must look, 

 consequently, to naturalists of that quarter of the globe for 

 such details of its history, as the frequency of its appearance 

 there enables them to become more fully acquainted with. 



By Audubon this species has been found to inhabit, in 

 summer, all the country of Labrador, but especially the coast, 

 where it arrives about June from the southern provinces. 

 Upon the rocky and barren coasts of this desolate country it 

 rears its young, placing its nest upon the ground among the 

 mosses and lichens with which its stony surface is covered. 



