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BLACK LARK. 

 (Alauda tartarica.) 



AL.fusco-nigricans, pennis albido marginatis, remigilus rectrici- 



busque nigris. 

 Dusky-brown Lark, with the feathers margined with white, and 



the quills and tail-feathers black. 

 Alauda tartarica. Pall. It. 2. 707. 15. pi c. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. fgS.Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 4Q6. 15. 

 Alauda mutabilis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 796. var.? 

 Mutable Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 381. 14. var. ? 

 Black Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 380. l3.Lath. Syn. Sup. 177. 



15. 



THIS equals the Starling in size : its beak is of 

 a yellowish horn-colour, with the tip brown : the 

 prevailing colour of its plumage is dusky black ; 

 the edges of the feathers of the head and neck 

 being dusky white, and of the upper parts of the 

 body pure white : quills black : the two middle 

 tail-feathers black, with pale edges, the next with 

 the edge at the tip pale, and all the rest plain 

 black : legs black; the hind claw nearly straight: 

 the females and young are brown : the feathers on 

 the upper parts of the body are bordered with grey, 

 and of the under with whitish : the quills and two 

 outer tail-feathers are edged with white: legs 

 brown. Inhabits the arid deserts of Tartary : 

 during the summer is found but sparingly, and 

 singly; but upon the approach of winter it becomes 

 gregarious, and frequents inhabited places. 



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