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118 CLASS AVES. , 



Red-crowned Lark. Al. riijipilea. Vieil. Vail. 

 O. A. 198. 



Red above, whitish beneath, with black cross-streaks. 

 Cape. 



Al. Magna, is only the Sturnus Ludovicianus. 



We sometimes see in Europe, 



AL Alpestris. Al. Flava, and Al. Sibirica. Gm. Enl. 

 e>5± 2 Naum. 99- 2. 3. Wilson, I. 5. 4. 



A bird proper to Siberia and North America, with 

 the forehead, cheeks, and throat yellow, and a large 

 black patch across the upper part of the chest. The 

 male has a small pointed tuft behind each ear. 



Others have the bill so short and thick, that in this 

 respect they approach the sparrows : such is 



The Calandre. Al. Calandra. Enl. 363. 



The largest species of Europe ; brown above, whitish 



beneath ; a large blackish spot on the chest of the 



male. Of the south of Europe and the deserts of 



Asia. 



This is the Al. Sibirica of Pallas, figured by Ed- 

 wards, p. 268. 



But especially 



TJie Black or mutable Lark. Al. Tatarica et mufa- 

 bilis, et Tanagra Sibirica. Gm. Sparm. Mus. 

 Carls, pi. xix. Vieil. Gal. 160. 



The plumage of the above is black, waved above 

 with grayish. It sometimes wanders into Euiope. 



