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661. f. 2. Meadow Lark, Lath. ^L Spinoletta, 



Lin. An. Spinoletta, Pr. Mus. Al. Rufa, Wils. 



A. O. V. t. 42. f. L 



Above gray-brown ; feathers darker in the centre ; 



smaller wing-coverts white-tipt ; beneath white ; chest 



and flanks ash-streaked. Europe and America. 



An. Richardi, Vieil. Ency. M^th, 

 Zool. Jour. t. Al. Lusitania ? 

 Bill strong ; tarsi very long ; hind-claw much longer 

 than the toe, slightly arched ; brown ; feathers pale- 

 edged, beneath white. English. 

 The genus Corydalla, Vigors ! 



Al. Capensis, Lin. PI. Enl. t. 504. 

 f. 2. VAlouette Sentinelle, Vail. O. A. t. 195. 

 Three side tail-feathers white-tipt ; throat yellow, black- 

 edged ; eyebrows yellow. Cape of Good Hope. 



AL Rufa, Gml. A. Fulva, Lath. PI. Enl. t. 738. f. 2. 

 Blackish-brown ; nape, back, and scapulars orange ; 

 wing and tail dark. South America. 



Rufous Lark. Al. Rufa, Gml. Lath. PI. Enl. t. 738. 



f. 1. 

 Blackish-red, divided ; body beneath and throat white ; 

 two outer tail-feathers white-edged. S. America, 



African Lark. Al. Africana. PL Enl. t. 712. 

 Red-brown, varied with white ; beneath white, brown- 

 spotted ; wings and tail brown. A lark of Cuvier. 



Red Lark, Al. Ludoviciana, and An. Ludovicianus, 



Al. Rubra, Gml. Edw. t. 297. 

 Dull-brown, beneath reddish-fulvous, brown-spotted ; 

 cheeks blackish ; eyebrows pale-red. North America. 



A. Australis, Vigors and Horsfield. 

 Olive, reddish- brown, variegated with fuscous-brown ; 



