. A history of British birds. Birds. 278 BRITISH BIRDS. obscure on the rump, and rather narrow on the head; the light patches on the two outside tail-feathers are similar to those of the Sky-Lark^ but the colour is pale sandy brown instead of white. The underparts are pale buflSsh white, the streaks being confined to a few large ones on the sides of the breast, which is suffused with huffish brown. Bill dark brown, paler below; legs, feet, and claws yellowish brown; irides hazel. The female does not differ from the male in colour. After the autumn moult the plumage is slightly more sandy. Bird
. A history of British birds. Birds. 278 BRITISH BIRDS. obscure on the rump, and rather narrow on the head; the light patches on the two outside tail-feathers are similar to those of the Sky-Lark^ but the colour is pale sandy brown instead of white. The underparts are pale buflSsh white, the streaks being confined to a few large ones on the sides of the breast, which is suffused with huffish brown. Bill dark brown, paler below; legs, feet, and claws yellowish brown; irides hazel. The female does not differ from the male in colour. After the autumn moult the plumage is slightly more sandy. Birds of the year have a few obscure streaks on the breast. Young in first plumage are somewhat similar to the young of the Sky-Lark. The Short-toed Lark may be dis- tinguished from the other British species by its small size, short hind claw, and almost entire absence of spots on the 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 Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc. ]
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