392 S H O R E L A R K. 



XXVIII. LARK. Cen. Birds, L. > ': 



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278. Smors. Alauda gutture flavo. The Lark, Catejhy, \, '^2. 



Alauda alpeftris, Lin. Syji. 289. 



Gelbburtige Lerch, Klein, jiv. 72. — Latham, i\. 385. . 



Le Hauffe-col noir, ou I'Alouette de Virginie, DeBuffon, v. ^^.—Brijati, iii. 567. 

 Lev. Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



L. 



With yellow cheeks and forehead : breaft and belly white : 

 head divided by a line of black ; another paffes beneath each 

 eye, bounding the throat, which is yellow : acrofs the upper part of 

 the breaft is a broad black mark ; beneath that is a tinge of red : 

 upper part of the neck, and coverts of the wings and tail, are ferru- 

 ginous : back brown : prinnaries dufliy : two middle feathers of the 

 tail brown ; the reft black ; thofe on the outfide edged with white : 

 legs dufliy : head of the Female dufky. Larger than the common 

 Lark. , 



a Inhabit the large plains of feveral provinces, and breed there. 



They appear on our fettlements in Hud/en's Bay in May, and proceed 

 farther north to breed. Feed on grafs-feeds, and the buds of the fprig 

 birch. Run into fmall holes, and keep clofe to the ground j whence 

 the natives call them Chi-chuf-p-Jue. 



In-winter they retire to the fouthern provinces in great flights ; but 

 it is only in very fevere weather that they reach Virginia and Carolina. 

 They frequent fand-hills on the fea-fhore, and feed on the fea-fM 

 cats, or uniola fanicula. They have a fingle note, like the Sky-lark 

 in winter. 



They are alfo found in Poland ; in Riiffia and in Sibiria more fre- 

 quent : in both are very common during winter ; but retire to the 

 north on approach of fpring, except in the north-eaft parts, and near 

 the hiah mountains. 



Red 



