ALAUDIN^. ALAUDA. 175 
rarely does. The nest is placed on the ground among grass 
or corn, and is composed externally of dry grass, and lined 
with finer blades intermixed with hair. The eggs, four or five, 
are nine-twelfths long, seven- twelfths in breadth, pale yellow- 
ish-brown, freckled with umber or greyish-brown. 
Alauda arborea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 297. — Alauda arborea, 
Temra. Man. d’Ornith. i. 282. — Alauda arborea, Wood-Lark, 
MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 174. 
105. Alauda alpestris. Shore Lark. 
Male in winter with the upper parts pale brownish-red, 
streaked with dark brown ; the lower parts white ; a recurved 
band on the head, a band from the bill to the eye, and a large 
patch on the fore neck black, but the feathers tipped with red- 
dish- white ; the throat and a band over the eyes yellow. Male 
in summer with the bands on the head and neck pure black ; 
the throat and band over the eyes white. Female with the 
upper parts as in the male, the lower greyish- white. 
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An individual was shot near Sherringham in Norfolk, in 
March 1830; another was killed in Lincolnshire; and Mr 
Yarrell makes mention of a pair that were obtained together 
on an extensive down in Kent. This species occurs in the 
northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, migrating into 
the temperate regions in autumn. 
Horned Lark. 
Alauda alpestris, Linn. Syst. Nat, i. 289.--Alauda alpes- 
tris, Temm. Man. d^Ornith. i. 279.-— Alauda alpestris, Shore- 
Lark, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 159. 
FAMILY XXI. PAEINiE. PAKINE BIEDS 
OE TITS. 
The Tits are small birds, somewhat allied to the Ee- 
guli, as well as to the Garmli, although, from their di- 
minutive size, they seem at first sight to have little affi- 
nity to the latter. Their general form is moderately full ; 
their head large, broadly ovate, and convex. Bill short, 
straight, tapering, hard, with its outlines more or less 
convex, the mandible thin-edged, and rather obtuse, the 
upper destitute of notch. The tongue is short, narrow. 
