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lower tail- coverts unspotted ; the lower part of the neck and 

 the breast tinged with red ; the sides and lower part of the 

 neck, the fore part of the breast, and the sides of the body, 

 marked with oblong greyish-brown streaks. 



Length to end of tail 6f inches, extent of wings HJ; bill 

 along the ridge J| ; wing from flexure 3 T 5 ^ ; tail 2 T 8 2 ; tarsus 

 }| ; first toe ^|, its claw ^ ; second toe |f , its claw f f ; third 

 toe T V, its claw T 3 ^- ; fourth toe T 5 ^, its claw ||. 



Female. The female is similar, but with the white of the 

 lateral tail-feathers more tinged with grey, and of less extent. 



Compared with Anthus obscurus, this species is more slen- 

 der, its bill narrower and somewhat shorter, the tarsi and toes 

 not nearly so stout, the hind claw more slender, and some- 

 what more arched ; the colour of the upper parts more grey, 

 the lateral tail-feathers with much more white ; the lower 

 parts entirely different in tint, the spots being besides more 

 distinct and narrower in the present, which has also a pale 

 band from the bill to behind the eye, whereas the other has 

 only a faint yellowish band behind the eye. It has a greater 

 resemblance to Anthus pratensis, from which it differs in 

 being larger, in having the bill stouter, the tarsus longer, 

 the hind claw shorter and more curved, the feet darker, the 

 lower parts much more rufous ; but the lateral tail-feathers 

 are similarly coloured, and in some individuals the tints of 

 the upper parts scarcely differ. Compared with a specimen 

 from Dr Richardson, marked " Saskatchewan, No. 58," these 

 specimens differ only in having less red on the breast, and the 

 bill slightly longer. In short, our two birds seem to be spe- 

 cifically identical with it, and their description will be found 

 to agree perfectly with that taken by me from American spe- 

 cimens in Mr Audubon's Synopsis. 



It is probable that this species will be found not uncommon 

 in the hilly and mountainous parts of Scotland. 



Lark from Pennsylvania, Edwards, Gleanings, ii. 185, PI. 

 297. Alauda pennsylvanica, Briss. Ornith. suppl. 95. Alau- 

 da spinoletta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 288. Alauda ludoviciana, 

 Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 793. Alauda rubra, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 

 794. Alauda campestris, B. Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 495. 

 Alauda ludoviciana, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 494. Alauda ru- 

 bra, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 494. Alauda rufa, Wils. Amer. 

 Ornith. v. 89. Anthus spinoletta, Bonap. Synops. of Birds of 

 Amer. 90. Anthus aquaticus, Richards and Swains, Fauna 

 Bor. Amer. ii. 231, PI. 44. Anthus ludovicianus, Bonap. 

 List of Birds of Eur. and N. Amer. 18. Anthus ludovicia- 



