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154. The Short-toed Lark. 



Nestling.— Down, pale buff, fairly long, not very plentiful (but bird 

 partially feathered). Distribution, inner supra -orbital, occipital, 

 spinal, humeral, ulnar, femoral. Mouth inside: palate orange, rest 

 deep yellow, two lateral black spots at base of tongue and one near tip. 

 (H.F.W.) 



155. Allied form. — G. b. rubiginosa which must be called G. b. hermonensis 

 extends east to Palestine. 



156. Distribution. — Abroad. — Form occurring in N.W. India in winter is 

 C. b. longipennis. (Ibis, 1923, p. 15.) 



161. The Wood-Lark. 



Nestling. — " Down, grey, almost lavender-grey, long on head and 

 plentiful. Mouth inside orange -yellow, two black spots at base of 

 tongue and another at tip, externally flanges yellowish- white." (F. L. 

 Blathwayt, Brit. B., xiv, p. 116.) 



162. Breeding-habits. — Eggs. — Clutch 3 common. 



Distribution. — Wales. — Breeds also Montgomery and Salop. Scotland 

 —One Isle of May, May 12, 1921, one Sept. 26-27, 1922, 



166. 66. Alauda arvensis intermedia Swinh. — The Eastern Sky- Lark. 



Alauda intermedia Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, p. 89. 



(Described from migrants from Shanghai) 

 instead of A. a. cinerascens Ehmcke, because the various varieties of 

 Siberian Sky-Larks are considered to belong to one and the same form, 

 the oldest name of which is intermedia Swinhoe. This forms ranges in 

 winter not only westwards to N. Africa, but in east to China. 



170. The Shore- Lark. 



Distribution. — One, Isle of May, May 1921. 

 172. Richard's Pipit. 



Synonym : Anthus maximus Blyth, in New Ed. of White's Nat. Hist. 



Selborne, p. 262 (1836— New name for Anthus Ricardi [sic] auct., but a 



specimen " lately caught near London " examined, on which his remarks 



were based). 



Distribution. — One Fair Isle, Oct. 2, 1920. 



174. Anthus campestris campestris (L.)— The Tawny Pipit. 



instead of Anthus campestris as A. c. griseus (Turkestan, Persia, wintering 

 Egypt) has been differentiated. 



Nestling. — Down, pale buff, fairly long and plentiful ; distribution, 

 outer and inner supra-orbital, occipital, spinal, humeral, ulnar, femoral, 

 crural and ventral. Mouth, inside deep yellow, no spots, externally 

 flanges yellowish-white. (H.F.W.) 



179. The Tree-Pipit. 



Distribution. — Noted Lerwick (Shetland), May 1920 

 Migrations. — Summer-residents begin to arrive end 1st week April 

 (early dates, March 17 and 18, 1922, Sussex ; 22, 1893 ; 30, 1913, 

 Berks. ; April 1, 1905, Surrey ; 1906, Cambs.), main body end of 2nd 

 week to mid-May. Passage-migrants accompanying them seem to 

 travel by east coast and through northern isles up to 2nd week June. 

 Southward movement of summer-residents begins end of July and 

 lasts to about mid-Sept., becoming merged in that of passage -migrants 

 that begin to arrive northern isles 4th week Aug. These appear to 

 travel mainly down east coast, departures lasting throughout Sept. 

 to mid-Oct. (late dates Fair Isle, Oct, 30, 1912 ; Nov. 9, 1908). (N.F.T.) 



179. The Meadow- Pipit. 



Synonym : Anthus communis Blyth, in White's Nat. Hist. Selborne, 

 New Ed., p. 261 (1836 — New name for the "common or meadow 

 pipit " found in England). 



