Class II. SKY LARK. 



353 



Weak BILL, ftrait, bending towards the point. 

 NOSTRILS covered with feathers or briltles. 

 TOES divided to their origin. 

 BACK TOE armed with a long and ftrait claw. 



XXII. 

 LARK. 



L* Alouette. Belon av. 269. 

 Chamochilada. Ol>/. 12. 

 Alauda fine crifta. Ge/ner av, 



78. 

 Jldr. a^u. 11. 369. 

 Lodola. Olina, 12. 

 Common Field Lark, or 



Sky Lark. Wil. orn. 203. 

 Raii fyn. a'V. 69. 

 L' Alouette. Brijfon a-v. III. 



335- 



Allodola, Panterana. Zinan, 136 *^jcy. 



Alauda arvenfis. Lin.fyft.z^j, 

 Larka. Faun. Suec. fp. 209. 

 Alauda coelipeta. Klein Jiem, 



Tab. 15. f. I. 

 Sang-Loerke. Br. 221. 

 Feldlerche. Kram. 362. Frifchy 



L 15. 

 Br. Zool. 93. plate S. 2. f. 7. 

 Lauditza. Scopoli, No. 184. 



THE length of this fpecies is feven inches 

 one-fourth : the breadth twelve and a half: 

 the weight one ounce and a half: the tongue broad 

 and cloven : the bill flender : the upper mandible 

 dufky, the lower yellow: above the eyes is a 

 yellow fpot: the crown of the head a reddifh 

 brown fpotted with deep black : the hind part of 

 the head afh-color : chin white. It has the faculty 

 of ereding the feathers of the head. The feathers 

 on the back, and coverts of the wings dufky 

 edged with reddifh brown, which is paler on the 

 lat'ter : the quil-feathers dufky : the exterior web 



edged 



Descrip. 



