. British birds. Birds. 194 BRITISH BIRDS. Distribution. — Inner supra-orbital, occipital, humeral, spinal, ulnar, femoral, and ventral. Spinal tract long and well marked. Ventral tract scanty and not well marked. Coloration of Mouth. Inside, orange; flanges very broad and lemon-yellow in colour ; no tongue spots ; gape huge; externally, flanges lemon-yellow. SKYLARK Alauda arvensis L. Down. Colour.—Light sandy, dark at the base of the pre- pennse giving the whole a peculiar " leveret " appearance. Character.—Fairly long and abundant. Distribution. — Inner supra-orbital, occipital, h
. British birds. Birds. 194 BRITISH BIRDS. Distribution. — Inner supra-orbital, occipital, humeral, spinal, ulnar, femoral, and ventral. Spinal tract long and well marked. Ventral tract scanty and not well marked. Coloration of Mouth. Inside, orange; flanges very broad and lemon-yellow in colour ; no tongue spots ; gape huge; externally, flanges lemon-yellow. SKYLARK Alauda arvensis L. Down. Colour.—Light sandy, dark at the base of the pre- pennse giving the whole a peculiar " leveret " appearance. Character.—Fairly long and abundant. Distribution. — Inner supra-orbital, occipital, humeral, spinal, ulnar, and femoral; spinal tract confined to small area over and just above sacrum. Coloration of Mouth. Inside, orange-yellow ; two oval black spots at base of tongue situated bilaterally, another triangular spot forms the tip of the tongue; externally, flanges whitish. KINGFISHER Alcedo ispida L. Down. Absent. (—Spirit specimen.). 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 London, Witherby & Co
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