CALANDRE LARK. 513 



is livid at the base, and brown at the tip : the 

 crown of the head, the ears, lesser wing-coverts, 

 and tail-coverts, of a yellowish rust-colour: the 

 first primary quill wholly white, the next of that 

 colour on the margin, and the greatest part of the 

 secondaries the same : the under parts of the body 

 sullied white, with the fore-part of the neck varied 

 with rust-colour : legs grey. 



CALANDRE LARK. , 

 (Alauda Calandra.) 



AL. rectrice extima exterius iota, secunda tertiaque apice, albis, 

 fascia pectoralijusca. 



Lark with the whole of the outer web of the exterior tail-feather, 

 and the second and third at the tip, white ; breast with a fus- 

 cous band. 



Alauda Calandra. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 288. 9. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 800. Briss. Orn. 3. 352. 6. pi. 20. f. 1 Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 496. 17. 



Calandre Lark. Edwards. Birds. 268. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 382. 

 18. Lath. Syn. Sup. 177. 15. 



THIS species has been observed throughout the 

 greatest part of Europe, and also in many parts of 

 Asia, frequenting the deserts of Tartary, and the 

 vast tracts of the Russian empire : Edwards af- 

 firms that it is found in America, but that account 

 is doubtful : in its native countries it is often con- 

 fined for the sake of its song, which is greatly 



