. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 49. The White-winged Lark (yMelanocorypha sibirica, Gmelin) is a very rare autumn visitor to the British Isles, but in parts of Russia and Central Asia it is a resident, and is met with occasionally in Austria and Italy. The adult male in summer has the crown, lesser wing-coverts, and upper tail- coverts, chestnut; tail, brown, margined with white on the inner webs; upper parts, brown, margined with russet, and shading into lighter on nape; secondaries, white, dark at bases; primaries, dark brow
. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 49. The White-winged Lark (yMelanocorypha sibirica, Gmelin) is a very rare autumn visitor to the British Isles, but in parts of Russia and Central Asia it is a resident, and is met with occasionally in Austria and Italy. The adult male in summer has the crown, lesser wing-coverts, and upper tail- coverts, chestnut; tail, brown, margined with white on the inner webs; upper parts, brown, margined with russet, and shading into lighter on nape; secondaries, white, dark at bases; primaries, dark brown, with white tips ; under parts, dull white, tinged with buffish on breast and shading into brownish on flanks, the former finely spotted and the latter streaked with brown and rufous; irides, brown ; legs and feet, brown ; bill, deep horn colour, pale yellowish beneath. Length, about seven inches. The adult female is similar to the male, but duller in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, John, of Newcastle upon Tyne. London : W. Scott
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