Class 11. TIT LARK. 



is near equal : the tail is black, the outmoft fea- 

 ther is tipt with white : the exterior web, and in- 

 ner fide of the interior are alfo white-, in the fe- 

 cond feather, the exterior web only : the legs are 

 of a dull yellow -, the hind claw very long. The 

 wood lark will fing in the night-, and, like .the 

 common lark, will fing as it flies. It builds on the 

 ground, and makes its neft on the outfide with 

 mofs, within of dried bents lined with a few hairs. 

 It lays live eggs, dulky and blotched with deep 

 brown, marks darkeft at the thicker end. 



The males of this and the laft are known from 

 the females by their fuperior fize. But this fpecies 

 is not near fo numerous as that of the common 

 kind. 



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La Farloufe, Fallope ou Mattollna, Petragnola, Corri- i^S.'jT it, 

 L'Alouette de pre. Belon era. Zinan. 55. 



O.'Vy 272. 



Aldr. a-v. II. 370. 

 Lodolo di Prato. Olina, 27. 

 WiL orn, 206. 

 Rail Jyn. a^v, 69. 



Alauda pratenfis. Lin. fyjl, 



287. 

 Faun. Suec. /p. 210. 

 Wiefen Lerche (Meadows 



Lark) Fri/ch, I. 16. 



L'Alouette de prez ou la Englerke. Br. 223. 

 Farlouk. BriJ/on a-v. IIL 343. Br. Zool. 94. plates (^ f. 6. 



P. I. f. 3. 



'TpHIS bird is found frequently in low marfhy 



•*" grounds : like other larks it builds its neft a- 



mong the grafs, and lays five or fix eggs. Like 



the 



