ALAIDID.K — TlIK LAIiKS. 



l:VJ 



profMsclv as ff» coiicmmI ilu; j^nouinl Tlirv urt* oval in nIiuiw, sli^litly iiion* 

 poiTiti'd at out' t'lid, iiu«l incasmv .!•:► of an imli in k'li.ulli l»y .7" in lavatltli. 



AcnmliiiLj to Si-lliv. tlu; voun-' of tlie liist \>hmA an; fullv lliMlmd l»v tl'o 

 end of June, aiml tlie SLM'outl in Au;,Mist Tlu' Luk fvimi's a mtv stmni,' 

 attatlinwnt to its yininu, antl many intcrt'stini,' urcounts arc ;L,'i\«'n l»y 

 FinroiK'an writt-rs of its intrllint'iit i'IhUmvcms to fonci'al and lo piottct its 

 nest, — in one instanio tonslinclinii an artiticial donu' of dry iiias«<, w linv 

 the natural protection liad Ikmii cut away l>y mowers, and in anotjar 

 attcnijitin;,' to remove the youn^ to a j>hicc of jLiicatcr safety. 



Tlic Lii'k lias, in several instances, liccn successfully in«luc«*d to mate and 

 rear her youn;^ in an aviary; and Mr. W. \\ Foster, ot Hackney, is ijuoted 

 hy Mr. V.;rrell as authority for the statcjuent, that, (lurini,^ the jteriod of pro- 

 ducing,' the e;;^'s, the female has heen heard to sing with a power and a variety 

 of tone etpial t(» the voice of her mate. 



While his mate is sitting,' on her eugs, the male Lark, ai»j>arently timid at 

 all other times, i.s remarkahly hold, and drives away ttlher hirds that venture 

 too near their nest. He not only watches over her and seeks to jtrotect her, 

 hut assiduously supplies her with food. 



Gems EREMOPHILA, P>oie. 



ErcnwpJiiht, Boif., Isis, IS'JS, ;j-j-J. {rypc, Alnmla a//Hsfrii. SufRciiMitly «li.stiii<t from 



Ern,it>j>Jiih(s\ Ili'Miiiir.lH', [Fishes,] 1805.) 

 P/ti/rnhios, r.KKIIM, Drutsthl. Viij^t'l, IS^l. 

 (Jtofort's, r>uN.\i'Ai:ri., l>o9. (Tvpc, .Ihimht nlpratris, (^iKAY.) (Wr are unaMc to find 



where the ^jeiMis is nained.) 



Gkx. Cir.vK. First i)rimarv waiitiiiir ; bill seareely liiirhcr tlian hroa*! : iiostiils oirciilar, 

 coiK'ealcMl l^y a di'iise U\\\ of feathers; the nasal fossiB ol)li(iiie. A pectoral crescent and 

 check-patche.'^ of black. 



Erfninphiln nlpestris. 



This genus differs from Mclanocorifpha in having no spurious first primary, 



