SHORE LARK. 
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do not yet know its range to the south, or to- 
wards Asia. 
The Woodlark, though somewhat resembling 
the last in its colours and their distribution, is 
easily distinguished by its less size, and the 
shortness of the tail, which renders it a more 
compact and less elegant looking bird. On the 
upper parts, the feathers are brownish black, 
edged with pale yellowish brown. The form of 
the feathers and marking more rounded than in 
the last. The lower parts are pale straw yellow, 
upon the neck and breast spotted longitudinally 
with dark brownish black. Above the eye the 
streak is well defined, and is of a yellowish white. 
Hinder claws very long. 
The Shore Lark, Alauda alpestris, Linn. 
• — Alauda alpestris , Linn. — A. cormita, Swain . — 
Shore Lark of Wilson and modern British 
authors. — This is the third Lark which the in- 
dustry of modern British ornithologists have 
added to our list. It is, however, of rare occur- 
rence, and can only rank as an occasional straggler, 
four specimens being all that are at present on 
record. It is a bird having the organs of flight 
amply developed, and having an extensive geogra- 
phical range over the New World,* extending also 
* The Prince of Musignano has separated the North 
American birds from those of Europe, keeping the trivial 
name of alpestris for the last. By Brehm and Boie, this 
bird has been placed as the type of a sub-genus. In the 
wing, the small spurious quill is wanting. 
