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CAPE LARK. 

 (Alauda capensis.) 



AL. rectricibus tribus later alibus apice ulbis,gula lutea nigro mar- 



ginata, superciliisjtavis. 

 Lark with the three lateral tail-feathers white at the tips ; the 



throat yellow, margined with black ; eyebrows yellow. 

 Alauda capensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1 . 288. 8. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 798. Lath* Ind. Orn. 2. 498. 10. 



Alauda Capitis Bonae Spei. Briss. Orn, 3. 364. ll.pl. 19. /. 3. 

 Cravate jaune, ou Calandre du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Bujf. 



Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. pi. 54. Bu/. PI. Enl. 504. f. 2. 

 Cape Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn.4. 384. 18. 



LA Cravate jaune of Buffon is found at the Cape 

 of Good Hope : it is eight inches in length : its 

 beak is yellowish horn-colour : the upper parts of 

 the plumage are brown, with the shafts of the 

 feathers darkest : over the eye is a streak of yel- 

 low, and one of brown beneath, passing to the 

 ear : the chin and throat are orange ; the rest of 

 the under parts yellowish white : the four outer 

 tail-feathers are tipped with white : the legs are 

 dusky ; the hind claws slightly bent : the male 

 has the yellow on the throat bordered with black, 

 and the stripe above the eye deep yellow : the 

 breast varied with brown, grey, and pale yellow, 

 and the belly and sides reddish yellow: the female 

 sometimes has the breast spotted with brown. 



