HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
SHORE LARK. 
Alauda a/pestris, 
“ cornuta , 
Jenyns. Gould. Eyton. 
Richardson and Svvainson. 
A lav da —A Lark. 
Alpestris —. 
This species is a native of the northern parts of Europe* 
Asia, and America, being found in the most abundance in 
the last-named continent. It is also said to occur at the 
southern extremity of South America, on those stony shores 
which have perpetuated the name of the enterprising Magellan; 
and, if it he so, on others doubtless in all that part of the 
world as well. According to Temminck, it is found commonly 
in Saxony, Germany, and Holland, both in winter and summer* 
and breeds in the latter. 
The instances of the occurrence of the Shore Lark in this 
country are but very few. One, a male in immature plumage, 
was shot on the beach at Sherringham, in the county of 
Norfolk, in March, 1830. A second has been recorded by 
Thomas Eyton, Esq., as having been killed in Lincolnshire; 
and Mr. Yarrell mentions two which were obtained on a Down 
in Kent. ‘Two and two make four.’ 
In severe weather these birds move towards the warmer 
climates of the south or the north, according as they have 
been localized north or south of the equator. They move 
thus in the beginning of September, flying in straggling 
numbers, hardty to be called flocks, and at but a low eleva¬ 
tion above the water, having previously collected together in 
small parties of forty or fifty, the members of different families. 
In the beginning of June they again retrace their steps, or 
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