Shore Lark
or SHORE PIPIT, in ornithology, the Otocorys (Alauda) alpestris, a native of the N. of Europe and Asia. The adult male is about seven inches long; in summer, lores, cheeks, and band on top of head, ending in erectile tufts, black; nape, mantle and upper tail coverts pinkish brown, white beneath. They nest in a depression in the ground and lay four or five eggs- French-white mottled with dull olivegreen or yellowish-brown. SHOREY