20 FERRUGINOUS LARK. 



fore-part of the neck rufous, darkened with black : 

 the throat and all the under parts of the body dirty 

 white : the tail-feathers brown, all edged with pale 

 rufous but the two outer ones, which have white 

 edges. Found in South America, in the vicinity 

 of the Rio de Plata. 



FERRUGINOUS LARK. 

 (Alauda Gorensis.) 



AL. nigro-maculatajerrugineo'jusca subtusjerruginea, abdomine 

 albo, cauda nigricante, rectricibus extimis oblique albis. 



Rusty-brown Lark spotted with black, beneath ferruginous ; 

 the abdomen white ; tail dusky, with the outer feathers ob- 

 liquely marked with white. 



Alauda Gorensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. liii. 1. 



Ferruginous Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. II. 229. 5. 



BEAK brown : the feathers on the crown of the 

 head, nape, and upper part of the back, dusky, 

 with rufous edges: back and rump ferruginous: 

 quills with their margins pale: chin and under 

 parts of the body rust-colour ; the feathers on the 

 throat and breast streaked with dusky: belly 

 nearly white, with dusky spots: vent white : edges 

 of the tail-feathers white ; the outer feather with 

 a triangular white spot on the tip, and the two 

 middle feathers rusty brown : legs pale : locality 

 unknown. 



