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5 unusual facts about Lark


Antonie Augustus Bruijn

There are four birds species that are named after him: Waigeo Brushturkey (Aepypodius bruijnii), Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii), Torrent-lark (Grallina bruijni) and Pale-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis bruijnii).

Autonous

Autonous became a Stone Curlew (Greek όκνος, because he "was not in time", όκνησε in Greek, to save Anthus), Hippodamia became a Lark (the bird has a crest which symbolizes her courage) and Acanthis became a thistle finch; others became birds whose Greek names are the same as their personal names were when they were humans.

Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark

This distinguishes it from Fischer's Sparrow-Lark, Eremopterix leucopareia which lacks the white spot.

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

It can be distinguished from the similar Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark, Eremopterix signata, by the absence of a white patch on the crown of its head.

Greater Hoopoe-Lark

During the heat of the day, they may shelter in the burrows of Uromastyx lizards.


Alexander Huie

He married Annie Bertha Lark, née Bartlett, a Maltese-born widow, on 1 October 1921 in a Methodist ceremony at Ashfield, where they settled; Annie would predecease him in 1948.

Ash's Lark

But even here, where it is locally common it is easily overlooked because it is also a home to nine other species of lark, such as the Red-winged Lark (M. hypermetra hypermetra) and the Somali Long-billed Lark (M. somalica rochei).

Benoist XIV

The Lark of Duluth spent the remainder of 1914 carrying joyriders in several locations around the United States, including Duluth, Conneaut Lake, and San Diego.

Charles Albert Murdock

Examples of this are issues of a San Francisco literary periodical, The Lark, done in conjunction with Frank Gelett Burgess.

Corydalus

Corydalus (also transcribed corydalis) comes from the Greek (κορυδαλλις) meaning a crested lark or the flower, larkspur, apparently related to Greek corys (κορυς) a helmet crest.

Crested Lark

Francis of Assisi considered the Crested Lark a bird of special significance, based on similarities he perceived between it and the life of the Friars Minor: its plain earth-colored plumage and hood, its humility ("for it goes willingly along the wayside and finds a grain of corn for itself"), and its time spent in song.

Hilton Dabson

On September 11, 1937, Dabson rode the mud-lark Calumet Dick to victory in the Narragansett Special.

Indochinese Bush Lark

Following work a decade ago by Per Alström, Indochinese Bush Lark was split from M. assamica, along with two others, making a new total of four.

J. R. Monterose

Live recordings at the Lark and other upstate New York venues such as Opus 40 have been released by Croscrane Records.

James Morgart

The screening was hosted by the festival's founder, Shannon Lark, and featured a panel that included Lark, Morgart, Dr. Jonathan Eburne, and PhD candidate Lauren DeCarvalho.

Jean Anouilh

Another category Anouilh specifies are his pièces costumées ("costume plays") which include The Lark, La Foire d'Empoigne (Catch as Catch Can), and Becket, an international success, depicting the historical martyr Thomas à Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury who sought to defend the church against the monarch (and his friend), Henry II of England, who had appointed him to his see.

Jim Lark

On February 19, 2007, the Libertarian Party of Virginia awarded Lark the designation of "Libertarian Leader" for 2007 in recognition of his many contributions to the Libertarian Party.

La Masseria Delle Allodole

La masseria delle allodole ("The Lark Farm") is a 2007 Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani about the Armenian Genocide.

Lark Camp

Lark Camp World Music, Song & Dance Celebration, originally called Lark in the Morning Music Celebration, is an American annual week-long world music and dance celebration that includes dozens of instructional workshops for both professional and beginner musicians and dancers.

Lark Lane, Liverpool

The nearest train station to Lark Lane is St Michaels, west of Aigburth Road in the former St. Michael's Hamlet.

In 2007, footballer Daniel Agger bought two restaurants on Lark Lane; namely Que Pasa and 52 Lark Lane.

Lark Rise to Candleford

The television scriptwriter and playwright Keith Dewhurst adapted Thompson's trilogy into two plays, Lark Rise and Candleford, which were performed in the Cottesloe auditorium of London's National Theatre in 1978–9.

Lark Street

Lark Street has a variety of restaurants and eateries, including Tex-Mex, Greek, Thai, Indian, Hunan, Italian and Japanese restaurants.

Just a short walk from downtown Albany's business district, Lark Street has long been a mix of commercial and residential buildings that is reminiscent of some neighborhoods of Manhattan.

Las Palmas Complex

Other elements in the material inventory of the Las Palmas Complex include stone grinding basins, atlatls, lark's-head netting, coiled basketry, and sewn palm-bark containers.

New Guinea Volunteer Rifles

Lieutenant Colonel John Scanlan subsequently took over command of Lark Force in October.

Unknown World

The expedition, consisting of Jim Bannon, Marilyn Nash, Otto Waldis, Tom Handley and Dick Cogan begins, after government funding has fallen through and they are bailed out at the last minute with private financing from a newspaper heir Bruce Kellogg, who insists on going with them as a lark.


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