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1 S76ASkylark, Alauda arvensis^ Eur., N. Afr., V. (intro- 
12 duced). Mig. c. grass 7 
Upper warm-brown mottled, streaked darker; stripe over 
eye lighter; throat, chest brownish-buff, streaked 
brown; abdomen yellowish- white; f., smaller. In- 
sects, seeds. Sings soaring; famous songster. 
4 377*Busli-Ijark,Horsfield Bush-Lark, Skylark (e), Mirafra 
45 horsfleldi, E.A., W.A. Stat. r. grass 5.3 
Like 376, but plumper, shorter; bill stouter, almost finch- 
like; f., Sim. Insects, small seeds. Sings melodi- 
ously soaring, also on moonlight nights; "one of our 
most pleasing songsters." 
F. 149. Catamhlyrhynchidae^ 2 sp. Nl. (Peru). 
P. 150. Fringillidae, Finches, Grosbeak, Bullfinch, Bunting, 
Cardinal (Am.), Crossbill, Chaffinch, Linnet, Red- 
poll, Canary, 1087 sp.— 129(83)0., 202 (138) P., 
107(96)E., 191(125)Nc., 529(474)N1. 
1 377AGreenfinch, Green Linnet, Ligurinus chloris, Europe to 
10 Persia, V. (introduced). Stat. c. fields, gardens 6 
Upper olive-green; golden-yellow eyestripe; tail yellow 
base, black tip; wing dark-brown, lined bright yellow; 
^ under greenish-yellow, darker on flanks; f., much duller. 
Seeds. "One of the prettiest of British songsters." 
1 377BGoldfinch, Thistle-Finch, Carduelis carduelis, Europe, 
11 Canary Is. to Egypt, to Persia, Siberia, V. (intro- 
duced). Stat. v.c. fields 5 
Crown black; face, chin red; behind eye, throat, under, 
upper base tail white; bright yellow on wings; f., sim. 
Thistle seeds, insects. Loud, sweet song; "twit-it." 
2 377cTree-Sparro\v (Mountain-), Passer montanus, Eur., 
56 N. Asia, A. (introduced). Stat. r. trees 5.6 
Like 377d, but head, nape chestnut; black ear patch in 
centre of a large white patch; two white bars on side 
of wing; shier; f., sim. Seeds, insects. Chirps. 
Even New Zealand has its representative of this family. The 
Wagtails of Britain and North America belong to this family, 
whereas the so-called Australian Wagtail is a flycatcher. Like 
the other members of its family, our Ground-Lark, or Pipit, some- 
times sings beautifully as it soars. 
The Skylark of Britain comes in the next family (the 
Alaudidae) , which is almost cosmopolitan. This beautiful song- 
ster, singing at Heaven's gate, pours forth a flood of melody. The 
man who has these delightful songsters on open land near his 
home is indeed fortunate. Australia has its representative of 
this family — the Bush-Lark, a bird so remarkably like the Aus- 
tralian Pipit in external appearance that it is well-nigh impos- 
sible to distinguish them in the field. The Bush-Lark, however, 
is "shorter, plumper, and has a stouter bill." It further has a 
peculiar, greatly undulating flight. It mounts up, then sinks, 
then mounts, and so on alternately, "singing all the time very 
