RED LARK. 517 



Alauda fulva. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 492. 2, 



Alauda rufa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 792. 



L'Alouette noire dos fauve. Bu/. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 23. 



L'Alouette noire d'Encenada. Buff. PI. Enl. ?38.f. 2. 



Rufous-backed Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 371. 2. 



MUCH smaller than the Sky-Lark, scarcely mea- 

 suring five inches in length : the beak, legs, head, 

 throat, fore-part of the neck, under parts of the 

 body, and upper tail-coverts, are dusky brown : 

 hinder part of the neck, the back, and scapulars, 

 rufous orange : lesser and middle wing-coverts 

 dusky, edged with fulvous : quills and tail deep 

 dusky brown, the outer feathers of the latter edged 

 with rufous. Inhabits Buenos Ayres. 



RED LARK. 

 (Alauda rubra.) 



AL. obscure fusca, subtus fulvo-rufescens maculis fastis varia, 



genis nigricantibus, superciliis pallide rufis. 

 Dull-brown Lark, beneath fulvous red, varied with fuscous spots; 



cheeks dusky ; eyebrows pale rufous. 

 Alauda rubra. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 794.-LaM. Ind. Orn. 2. 



494. 10. 



Alauda pensylvanica. Briss. Sup. 94. 



Alouette a joues brunes de Pensylvanie. Bitff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



5. 58. 



Lark from Pensylvania. Edwards. Birds. 297. 

 Red Lark. Pen. Brit. Zool. 140. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 279- 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 376. 8. Lenin. Brit. Birds. 3. g3.Mont. 



Orn. Diet. I. Mont. Sup. App. 



