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ALAUDA ARBOREA. 
WOOD LARK. 
Generic Character, See Alauda arvensiso 
Alaui>a arhorea ; corpore nigricante griseo rufes- 
cente varia, capite vitta annularia alba 
cincto. 
Wood Lark. Body varied with dusky^ grey and 
reddish tints ; the head surrounded with 
a whitish band. 
Alauda Areorea. Lin. Sj/st, t?. 1 . p. 287. GmeL 
S^st. V. 2, p, 793. Lath. Ind. Orn. v. 1 . 
p. 492. 
L'ALOUEttE DU BOIS OU LE CuJELlfcR. Buff, V. 5. 
p. 25. 
Alouette lulu. Temm. Mart. d'Orn. ed. 2. p. 282. 
Wood Lark. Br. %ool. ^vo. ed. v.\.p. 479. Arct^ 
ZooL V. 2. p. 395. Lath. Sz/n. v. 4. 
jp. 371. Mont. Orn. Diet. lb, Sup- 
Bewick Br, Birds, pt. L p. 198a Gen. 
Zool. V. 10. p. 506. pi 47. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. pt. 2. 
Length six inches, breadth exceeding; eleven ; weight 
rather more than one ounce. This species greatly resembles 
the Sky Lark, but may readily be distinguished from that 
bird by the shortness of its tail, and in consequence it has 
a more plump appearance ; in this species the wings when 
closed reach within half an inch of the tip of the tailj whilst 
in the Sky Lark the tail extends full an inch beyond the 
