16 HISTORY OF 



coverts and two middle tail feathers, of the same colour; 

 remainder of the tail feathers, black, the outer one having a 

 narrow border of white ; chin, a stripe through the eye to the 

 ears, and the side of the neck, light yellow ; throat, upper part 

 of the breast, and cheeks, deep black ; bill, black at the apex, 

 pale brownish at the base of the lower mandible ; legs, brown. 



Wilson, who kept one of these birds alive for some time, says, 

 that he was much amused by the odd appearance the bird 

 presented, when it erected certain long black feathers which 

 extend, by equal distances, beyond each other above the eye- 

 brow ; they are longer and more pointed, and of a different 

 texture from those around them. He suggests, that the ap- 

 pellation of Alauda Cornuta, or Horned Lark, might be given 

 to it in consequence ; but we prefer retaining the trivial name 

 of Linnaeus, as it is the older synonym . 



