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TESTACEOUS LARK. 

 (Alauda testacea.) 



At. testacea subtus albida, vertice tectricibusque alarum nigro 

 maculatis, rectricibus quatuor exterioribus testaceo-albis. 



Testaceous Lark, beneath whitish, with the crown and wing- 

 coverts spotted with black, and the four outer tail-feathers of 

 a testaceous white. 



Alauda testacea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 798. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 500. 29. 



Testaceous Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 393. 2?. 



DR. LATHAM, on the authority of Mr. Pennant, 

 describes this species as a native of Gibraltar : its 

 " beak is black : the upper parts of the body tes- 

 taceous : crown of the head dashed with black : 

 the wing-coverts marked with the same: the under 

 parts of the body testaceous white : quills dusky ; 

 the secondaries deeply margined with testaceous ; 

 the edges of the greater pale : four of the middle 

 tail-feathers marked as the quills ; the others tes- 

 taceous white : legs yellow : hind claw a trifle in- 

 curvated." 



