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the fea fhores, or at leaft a little more than a quarter of a mile from: 
the fea water, and efpecially in rocky fituations, at leaft no: where 
except in places where the tide occafionally covers. It makes the 
neft in the tufts of grafs on the fhelves of rocks, &c. by the fea fide, 
where it is rarely to be got at without the help of a ladder.- The 
neft 1s made of dry grafs, marine plants, and a little mofs, lined with. 
finer grafs, and a few long hairs. The eggs of a dirty white, {potted: 
with brown, moftly fo at the larger end. This f{pecies is not ob-= 
erved to affociate in large flocks like other Laks, only three or four~ 
having been feen together. Marine infects feem to be its principal. 
food. The note is a very infignificant one, being very rarely more than. 
a chirp, not unlike that of a Grafshopper. For a fuller account, confule- 
Linn. Tranf. We Pp. 410. &Cs. 
Alauda Yeltonienfis, Zid. Orn. it. p. 496. 16:—Phil. Tranfe Wii. ps 3505- 
(Forjier.) : . 
SIZE ‘of the Starling: bill cylindric; ftrait and pointed ; bafé black,. 
with the tip very pale; tongue bifid: the colour of the plumage: 
is black, varied on the head, back, and fhoulders.with rufous: the: 
th quill has the outer margin white; the two middle tail feathers: 
are rufous, the others like the reft of the plumage: the hind toe pretty: 
ftrait, and larger by much than the others. 
This inhabits the neighbourhood of the Volga; found about the lake: 
Yelton: that it is gregarious, and very fat in 4ugu/t, at which time it 
is of a moft exquifite favour. : 
Alauda Nove Zealandie, Ind. Orn. ii. P> 497% 19. Be 
Cinereous Lark, Portlock, Voy. pl. in ps 376 
S IZE of a Titlark; length fix inches: bill and legs black: the’ 
upper parts of the. body. afh colour; the under very pale afh co- 
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