ALAUDA PRATENSIS, 
TIT' LARK. 
Generic Character. See Alauda arvensis. 
Synonyms. 
Alauda Pratensis. Lin, St/st. 1. p. 287. 2. Ind, 
Om 2.p. 493. 5. 
Tit-Lark. Br, Zool, 1. 138. lUd.fol 94 tab. Q. 
Jig. 6. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 395. C. Lath, 
Syn. 4. p, 374. 5. Mont. Orn, Diet. 1. 
Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt 1. p. 200. 
The Tit-Lark rather exceeds five inches in length, is 
about ten in breadth, and weighs about half an ounce. Bill 
sharp, weak, and slender ; irides dark hazel ; legs slender ; 
hind claw rather bent. Colours of the sexes alike. 
Few birds are more plentiful than the present, it frequents 
commons and barren grounds, where it breeds ; the nest is 
composed of drj^ stalks, grass, and lined with finer sorts of 
the latter, intermixed with long horse hair; the nest is 
usually placed on the ground amongst furze or high grass ; 
it lays five or six eggs, of which, seldom two correspond in- 
colour, varying from dark brown to cream colour ; they 
are most generally spotted all over with rufous. 
In the spring this bird has a very lively note, which it 
usually utters when descending; in the evening may ber 
seen 
