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to the publication of the first edition of this work,) entitles 

 this species to be included in the list of our fauna as an oc- 

 casional visitant. In size it is superior to any of the other 

 previously described species, and appears to connect them 

 more immediately with the Larks, and the genus Megalurus 

 of HoRSFiELD ; on which account it has, by Mr Vigors, 

 been made the type of a genus which he names Corydalla, in 

 his " Arrangement of the Genera of Birds." But as the 

 characters upon which this is founded, are in no essential 

 particular distinct from those which characterize the other 

 members of the present genus, (the strength of bill and 

 length of the tarsus, and hinder claw, being only in accor- 

 dance with its superior dimensions), I have left it where it 

 was first appropriately placed by Vieillot and Temminck. 



Its habits and manners are stated to be similar to those of 

 the other species. It is generally seen upon the ground, 

 where it runs with great rapidity in pursuit of flies, grass- Food. 

 hoppers, and other insects ; and, like the Wagtails and other 

 members of this subfamily, is in the frequent habit of raising 

 and depressing its tail, accompanied at the same time by a 

 lateral expansion of the feathers. 



It is met with in the warmer parts of Western Europe, 

 but not numerously ; and is supposed to be a native of 

 Northern Africa. Alauda Lusitana of Latham, as far as 

 can be judged from his very brief description, appears refer- 

 able to this species. 



Plate C. Fig. -5. Represents this bird of the natural size, 

 from a specimen formerly belonging to Mr Vigors, and 

 now in the Museum of the Zoological Society. 

 Bill having the upper mandible brown ; and the lower one General 

 (except the tip) sienna-yellow. Crown of the head, and ^5^*^"?- 

 hind part of the neck, deep-brown ; the feathers being 

 margined with yellowish-brown. Eye- streak and chin 

 yellowish-white. Throat yellowish white, surrounded 

 by a gorget composed of lanceolated brown spots. 



