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belly yellowish white, the former blotched with large 

 dusky spots ; the sides are marked with strokes of 

 the same ; the under tail-coverts are light brown ; 

 the two middle feathers of the tail are brown, the 

 others dusk} ; the outer are of a dirty yellow, white 

 on the interior web ; and the point of the exterior in 

 the second feather the light colour is just visible at 

 the end ; the quill feathers and coverts are dusky, 

 slightly edged with light brown ; the legs and toes 

 are dusky ; the claws are dark ; the hind claw four- 

 tenths of an inch long, and somewhat crooked. 



The nest is composed of dry grass, marine plants, 

 and lined with fine grass, and a few long hairs, and 

 is generally placed on the shelf of a rock near the 

 sea. 



The female lays 4 or 5 dirty white eggs, speckled 

 with brown. Montagu, 4 vol. Lin. Trans. 



5. PRATENSIS. 



TRIVIALIS. Syn. WIT-LARK. 

 SEPIARIA. SHAW. 



A. viridi-fusca, rectricibus duabus extrorsum albis, 

 linea superciliari alba. Shaw. 



The bill is slender ; irides hazel ; the plumage is 

 greenish brown ; the throat and under parts are dirty 

 white, spotted with dusky ; the wings are brown, 

 edged with a lighter colour ; the sides of the tail are 

 white; the legs are brownish. 



