grasshopper-lark

They built by it, they came to it to drink; in the evening a grasshopper-lark trilled in a hawthorn bush.

The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867

But they come to other places not far distant from the road, and one summer a grasshopper-lark could be heard in some meadows where I had not heard it the two preceding seasons.

Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867

The grasshopper-lark chirps all night in the height of summer.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

The grasshopper-lark began his sibilous note in my fields last Saturday.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

Some did not show themselves (at least were not heard) till weeks after their usual time, as the blackcap and whitethroat; and some have not been heard yet, as the grasshopper-lark and largest willow-wren.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756

My bird I describe thus: "It is a size less than the grasshopper-lark; the head, back, and coverts of the wings, of a dusky brown, without those dark spots of the grasshopper-lark; over each eye is a milk-white stroke; the chin and throat are white; and the under parts of a yellowish white; the rump is tawny, and the feathers of the tail sharp-pointed; the bill is dusky and sharp, and the legs are dusky; the hinder claw long and crooked."

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756