FIELD LARK* 

 (Alauda agrestis.) 



AL. rubro-^fusca subtus maculata, gula abdomineque albis 9 jugulo 



pectoreque obscure Jlavescentibus. 

 Red-brown Lark, spotted beneath, with the throat and abdomen 



white, the jugulum and breast dull yellowish. 

 Alauda minor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 793 ,Lath, 2nd. Orn, 2. 



494. 8. 



Lesser Field Lark. Witt. Ang. p. 20?. 

 Tree Lark. Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 181.? 

 Field Lark. Pen. Brit. Zool. I3g.Pen. Arct. Zool 2. 3Q5. D. 



Lath. Gen. Syn.4. 375. 6. Leivin. Brit. Birds. 3. pi. $2. 



Wale. Syn. 2. pi. 1Q2. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1, Mont. Sup. 



THIS species measures six inches and a half in 

 length : its weight is five drams and three quar- 

 ters : its beak is dusky above and whitish beneath : 

 irides hazel : the upper parts of the plumage are 

 of a light yellowish brown, with the middle of 

 each feather dusky brown : the coverts of the 

 wings are tipped with whitish : the rump is plain 

 light brown : the throat and breast are of an ochra- 

 ceous yellow, the feathers of the latter with their 

 centres dusky black : belly yellowish white : the 

 outer tail-feathers white ; the next slightly tipped 

 with that colour ; the rest dusky : legs yellowish 

 brown; claws horn-colour; the hind one short 

 and hooked. 



This bird greatly resembles the Tit-lark, but 

 the beak and legs will enable any one to dis- 

 tinguish it with certainty : the present species 



v. x. P. ii. 34 



