. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . otleap like the Deglubitores and many of the Cantatores; andhave a rather rapid, somewhat undulated flight. Their diges-tive organs are evidently adapted for seeds and insects, and toaid the action of the gizzard they swallow small fragments ofstone or particles of sand. They nestle on the ground, layfrom four to six freckled or spotted eggs, f
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . otleap like the Deglubitores and many of the Cantatores; andhave a rather rapid, somewhat undulated flight. Their diges-tive organs are evidently adapted for seeds and insects, and toaid the action of the gizzard they swallow small fragments ofstone or particles of sand. They nestle on the ground, layfrom four to six freckled or spotted eggs, feed their young withworms and insects, and generally produce more than one broodin the season. Some Larks have very thick, and others slender bills. Theformer might constitute a distinct genus, as might the latter,were slight deviations to be considered as affording sufficientgeneric distinctions. Three species occur in this country. One, the Sky Lark, isgenerally distributed ; another, the Wood Lark, has not beenmet with in Scotland, but is not uncommon in some parts ofEngland. Both species are permanent residents. Of the third,the Shore or Alpine Lark, only a few individuals have beenmet with. 159 ALAUDA ALPESTRIS. THE SHORE LARK. HORNED Alauda alpestris. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 289. Alauda alpestris. Lath. Ind. Orn. IL 498. Allouette a hausse-col noir. Alauda alpestris. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 279. Shore Lark. Wils. Amer. Orn. I. 85. Horned or Shore Lark. Alauda cornuta. Swains, and Richards. Faun. Bor. Amer. I. Lark. Alauda alpestris. Aud. Orn. Biogr. IL alpestris. Shore Lark. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 126. 3fale in winter with the upper parts pale brow?iish-red,streaked with dark-brown; the lower parts tchite; a recurvedband on the head, and a large patch on the loieer fore-nechblack, but the feathers tipped with reddish-white; the throat anda band over the eyes yellow. Male in summer with the bands onthe head and neck pure black; the throat and ban
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