480 WOOD LARK. Class II. 



others yellow, and their tips blunt and white; 

 the first feather of the wing is shorter than the 

 second; in the common lark it is nearly equal; 

 the tail is black, the outmost feather is tipt with 

 white ; the exterior web, and inner side of the 

 interior are also white ; in the second feather, 

 the exterior web only ; the legs are, of a dull 

 yellow; the hind claw very long. The wood 

 lark will sing in the night, and, like the com- 

 mon lark, will sing as it flies. It builds on the 

 ground, and makes its nest on the outside with 

 moss, within of dried bents lined with a few 

 hairs. It lays five eggs, dusky and blotched 

 with deep brown, the marks darkest at the 

 thicker end. 



The males of this and the last species, are 

 known from the females by their superior size ; 

 but this is not near so numerous as the pre- 

 ceding. 



This species migrates from Italy in October; 

 the sky lark seldom quits that country. 



