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Bush-Lark has rufous lateral margins to 

 each feather of its upper body and a whitish 

 terminal band. Shortly after the autumn 

 moult, the whitish fringes of feathers wear 

 away. The Bengal Bush-Lark and the 

 Madras Bush-Lark are respectively dark 

 ashy brown with blackish streaks and 

 rufous brown with dark brown streaks all 

 over. The wing-coverts and quills are dark 

 brown with rufous or chestnut margins. 

 Sides of the head are mottled with fulvous 

 or brown. The tails are brown with rufous 

 margins. The chin and the throat of the 

 Singing Bush-Lark are white, while the 

 Bengal bird has fulvous white and the 

 Madras bird pale fulvous on these parts. 

 The remainder of the lower plumage is, 

 in all cases, fulvous, the breast being 

 streaked with brown triangular marks. 



The iris in Mirafras is brown, the Bengal 

 species having an yellow shade ; legs, feet 

 and lower mandible fleshy white, the upper 

 mandible being horny brown ; the bill is 

 thick and short ; the wings are moderately 



