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UNDATED LARK. 

 (Alauda undata.) 



AL. cristata nigricans rufo varia, subtus alba, pectore nigro ma- 



culato, tectricibus alarum majoribus apice albis. 

 Crested dusky Lark, varied with rufous, beneath white, with the 



breast spotted with black, and the greater wing-coverts white 



at their tips. 

 Alauda undata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, 79?. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



500. 27. 

 La Coquillade. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 77<-BufF. PI. Enl. 



662. 

 Undated Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 391. 25., 



FOUND in Provence : it is nearly seven inches 

 in length : the beak is rather stout ; its upper 

 mandible is brown, and lower whitish : the crown 

 of the head is slightly crested, the feathers being 

 dusky in the middle, and white on their edges : 

 the head, upper parts of the neck, and body, are 

 varied with dusky and pale rufous : the greater 

 coverts are tipped with white : the quills are brown, 

 with some of them edged with rufous, and the rest 

 with white : the throat and all the under parts of 

 the body white, with the neck and breast striped 

 with dusky : tail brown, edged with rufous : legs 

 yellowish. 



This delightful songster was sent to Buffon, who 

 first described it, and states that both sexes are 

 always found together, whether in search of food, 

 which consists of insects, or during the period of 

 incubation : its song is commenced at sun-rise. 



