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ITALIAN LAHK. 

 (Alauda Italica.) 



AL.Jusco-castanea subtus alba, capite mtta annulari albicante, 



rectrice extima alba, proxima apice alba, 

 Chesnut brown Lark, beneath white ; head with an annular 



whitish stripe ; the outer tail-feather white, and the next at 



the tip white. 

 Alauda Ttalica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 793. Briss. Orn. 3. 355. 



7. Loth. Ind. Orn. 2. 492. 4. 

 Giarola. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 47. 

 Italian Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 3/3. 4. 



THIS scarcely appears to be more than a variety 

 of the young of the Wood Lark, except being 

 much larger than that bird even when full 

 grown : it was taken in Italy : its length is eight 

 inches : its beak is red : the upper parts of the 

 plumage are chesnut brown, with the feathers 

 edged with pale reddish white, especially those of 

 the hind head, which greatly inclines to white : 

 the breast, belly, and sides, are white : the outer 

 tail-feather is white, the next has the tip white, 

 and the rest of the tail is chesnut-brown with pale 

 edges : legs flesh-coloured : claws whitish. 



