WOOD-LARK. 563 



It is found in all parts of the old continent, from north to south, in 

 some places remaining- the whole year, only changing- their situation in 

 the breeding- season from the plains to the mountains. We have been 

 informed it visits some parts of America in the winter ; but we suspect 

 the Little Woodcock of that country has been confounded for it, as we 

 have seen that species in plenty, during- summer, about the temperate 

 parts, which changes its situation with the season to the warmer pro- 

 vinces. 



WOODCOCK OWL.— A name for the Hawk Owl. 

 WOOD-CRACKER.— A name for the Nuthatch. 

 WOOD GROUS.— A name for the Capercalzie. 

 WOOD-LARK {Alauda arborea, Ray.) 



*Alauda arborea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. p 287 .3 Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 793.— Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. p. 492. sp. 3 Rati, Syn. p. 69. A. 2 Will. p. 149. t. 40.— Briss. 3. 



p. 340. t. 20. f. 1 — Alauda nemorosa, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 797. sp. 21. — Alauda 



cristatella, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 499. sp. 36 Le Lulu, l'Alouette des bois, ou 



le Cujelier, Buff. Ois. 5. p. 74. and 5. p. 25 lb. pi. Enl. 503 Alouette 



Lulu, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 282. — Baumlerche, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 



781.— Waldlerche, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 262 Wood- Lark, Br. Zool. 



No. 137— Arct. Zool. 2. p. 395. B. — Will. (Angl.) p. 204.— Lewins 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. Orn. Diet. 1 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. t. 183. 



— Shaw's Zool. 10. p. 506. t. 47.— Flem. Br. Anim. p. 79 Selby, pi. 50. fig. 2. 



p. 224.* 



This species weighs about eight drams ; length six inches ; bill dusky, 

 whitish at the base of the under mandible ; irides hazel. The g-eneral 

 plumage much resembles that of the sky-lark ; the feathers on the top 

 of the head and the whole upper parts are dusky, margined with a light 

 reddish brown ; on the crown of the head the feathers are long, and 

 capable of being erected in form of a short crest ; from the bill over the 

 eye is a narrow band of yellowish white surrounding the crown of the 

 head ; the coverts of the ears brown, beneath which is another light- 

 coloured stroke ; the neck and breast yellowish white, tinged with 

 brown, marked with narrow dusky spots ; belly dirty white ; quill- 

 feathers dusky, slightly edged with brown ; the tail is short ; the two 

 middle feathers are brown, the next dusky, and the four outer ones on 

 each side are black, tipped with dirty white ; the tail coverts are brown, 

 and reach within half an inch of the end of the tail ; legs yellowish 

 flesh-colour ; hind claw long, and nearly straight. 



The Wood-Lark is by no means a plentiful species, but is met with in 

 most parts of the kingdom sparingly. It sings delightfully on wing- 

 describing its flight in widely-extended circles, and pouring out its song 

 a whole hour without intermission ; it rarely utters its song when sit- 

 ting on the ground, though sometimes when perched on a tree. The 



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