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that the so-called Red Lark, Alauda rubra, of the 

 older authors (though identified by Macgillivray 

 with the Pennsylvanian Pipit), was probably the 

 vinous-breasted Scandinavian form of the Rock 

 Pipit. On the other hand, I have never seen any 

 example of the last-named bird to which the term 

 " red " could be properly applied. Such a descriptive 

 expression might be more justly bestowed on the 

 pink (or pale vinous) breasted Anthus spipoletta, 

 and still more appropriately on Anthus cervinus 

 above mentioned. Mr. J. H. Gurney, who exa- 

 mined a bird of the last named species captured 

 by a bird-catcher at Brighton in March 1884, de- 

 scribed it {ZooL, 1884, p. 192) as having "the 

 whole of the breast richly suffused with bright 

 rufous, some of this colour extending to the belly, 

 and even to the eyebrows. 



Fam. ALAUDID^. 



CRESTED LARK. Alauda cristata, Linnasus. PI. 11, 

 fig. 12. Length, 7 in.; bill, 0-75 in.; wing, 4-25 in.; 

 tarsus, 0-9 in. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe ; North Africa. 



One, Taney, co. Dublin, Feb. 1836: "W. R." [W. H. 



Russell], Dublin Penny Journal, Feb. 27, 18.36, with 



figure ; Ussher, " Birds of Ireland," p. 101. 

 One, Littlehanipton, Sussex : Yarrell, " British Birds," i. 



p. 632, and figure. Formerly in the collection of F. Bond. 



Since purchased by Mr. J. Wliitaker, of Rainworth. 

 Two, Penzance, Sept. 1846 : Rodd, Zool, 1846, p. 1497. 

 One, Penzance, Oct. 24, 1850 : Rodd, ZooL, 1851, p. 3033. 



