. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 128 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. h ir. F. Figgoll LINNET One of l/i€ most popu/ar cds^e-hirds. The io-callcd Rcd-hrozurt and Grey Li/n:ets a'-^ li:U p/rases of p/:tmd^e of the iapie sperifs. The hird in the 'i'^ht-hand corner ii a ^' ernfnrh brown, wliilst the white parts are less pure in tone. The full dress of the male is rarel\' seen in the British Islands, sa\e in specimens procured fr(_)m Scotland ; for in winter, when the snow-bunting is chiefly ca[)tuix'd, the plumage
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 128 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. h ir. F. Figgoll LINNET One of l/i€ most popu/ar cds^e-hirds. The io-callcd Rcd-hrozurt and Grey Li/n:ets a'-^ li:U p/rases of p/:tmd^e of the iapie sperifs. The hird in the 'i'^ht-hand corner ii a ^' ernfnrh brown, wliilst the white parts are less pure in tone. The full dress of the male is rarel\' seen in the British Islands, sa\e in specimens procured fr(_)m Scotland ; for in winter, when the snow-bunting is chiefly ca[)tuix'd, the plumage is altogether more rufius. Unlike the buntings so far described, the REKK-ia'XTixi; is td be found only in marsh)' places, but in suitable localities it ma_\' be found in the British Islands all the \'ear round, being as common a species as the curn-bunting, and therefore not calling for special description here. The eggs of the buntings are remarkable for the curious scribble-lik-e markings which cover them, and ser\-e readil\- to distinguish them from those of an\- either British bird. CHAPTER XVI LJRKS, TITMICE, HOXEV-EJTERS, JXD THEIR KIXDRED CONFINED almost entirely to the Old World, where the_\- arc represented by more than one hundred species, man)' of which ha\e undergime considerable specialisation in the matter of plumage, so as to enable them Uj li\e in desert regions, the Larks constitute a well-marked group, into the characters of which we need not enter here. The best-known member of the grouj.) is the Slv\i,ARK. Cnmmon throughout the Biitish Islands, and of sober coloration, no bird is more uni\ersall\- beloved, and this laro-eK' on account of the sweetness of its song, which is seccuid onl)- to that of the nightinnale. Boets and prose-writers alike ha\-e sounded its praises, man)- in passages that will be remembered as long as our language lasts. The sk)'lark is one of the few birds which sing while on the wing; the peculiar nature of the flight at this time a
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