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WOOD LARK. 
Alauda arborea, 
“ nemorosa , 
“ cristatella, 
Pennant. Montagu. Bewidk. 
Gmelin. 
Latham. 
Alauda —A Lark. Arborea — Of, or pertaining to trees. 
The Wood Lark is found in Europe—in Germany, France, 
Holland, Italy, Crete, Corfu, and other countries of the south 
of this continent, where it is a resident throughout the year; 
and also in Denmark, Russia, and Sweden, hut only as a 
summer visitant. It occurs also in Asia Minor. 
In this country it is met with in Yorkshire, pretty fre¬ 
quently in the neighbourhood of York, but farther north than 
that city it becomes rare; Sussex, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, 
Somersetshire, Devonshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Der¬ 
byshire, Lancashire, and, though but sparingly, in Cornwall, 
and Northumberland. It is not a common bird; I have 
never obtained but one, namely, at Langmoor, near Charmouth, 
Dorsetshire, many years ago. 
In Ireland, it is known in the counties of Antrim and 
Down, and no doubt in others too; but there also it is 
uncommon. 
Mr. Thomas Edwards has informed me of his having found 
this bird so far north as Banff; and Mr. Heysham has related 
that it is occasionally taken near Dumfries. 
In the Orkney Islands it appears to be unknown, for it 
is not recorded in the ‘Natural History of Orkney,’ published 
by Dr. Baikie and Mr. Heddle. Meyer says that in Shetland 
it is hardly known. 
Cultivated districts are the resort of the Wood Lark, as 
its name implies; it prefers the rich parts of the country 
