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A. Sky-Lark, 5r. Zw/.i. N" 136. 

 L' Aloaetie, Dt Biiffhn, v. r. 



Alauda arvenfis. Larka, Fauit. Suec. N* 209. — Latham, ii. 368.— -Luv. Mus.— 

 Bl. Mus. 



T ^ With the crown of a reddifh brown, fpotted with black : hind 

 part of the head cinereous : chin white : breafl and belly pale 

 dull yellow ; the firil fpotted with black : back and coverts of wings 

 dufky, edged with pale reddifli brown : exterior web, and half the 

 interior web of the outmoft feather of the tail, white : legs dufky. 

 Length feven inches one-fourth : Extent twelve and a half : 

 Weight an ounce and a half. 



Inhabits all parts of Europe, even as high as Nordland in Nor- 

 way, beneath the Ar5lic circle. They migrate in Scandinavia. They 

 are the firft birds, in Kafi Gothland in Sweden, which give notice of the 

 return of fpring, finging with a tremulous note, and flying in flocks 

 near to the ground. Enlivened by the warmth of fummer, they 

 foar.and fing with full voices. In September they colled in flocks, 

 and retire fouth ; probably into the province of Schonen, where they 

 are found in vaft multitudes during winter *. They are frequent 

 in all parts of Riijfta and Sibiria, and reach even Kamtfchatka. 



• Jmain. Acad. iv. 593^ 



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