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47 

 ALAUDA MINOR. 



Gmd. Syst. 793. 



THE FIELD-LARK. 



PLATE XLVII. 



X he bill is black at the point, of a dusky flesh colour 

 at the base. A line of pale straw colour passes over 

 the eyes ; and the cheeks below the eyes are of a 

 dusky straw colour. The upper part of the bird, from 

 head to tail, is a dusky olive. On the head and back, 

 each feather is dusky in the middle ; the edges being 

 lighter, but not so on the rump. The feathers of the 

 wings are of a dusky black, with olive coloured edges. 

 The tail feathers are of a dull black, with pale brown 

 or olive edges, except the outmost two on each side, 

 the first whereof is white, the other partly so. 



The throat is a pale kind of buff colour, and desti- 

 tute of spots. The breast is a darker buff, and mark- 

 ed with numerous black spots, tending downwards. 

 The belly is of a dusky white. Legs and feet, a pale 

 flesh colour. 



This bird greatly resembles the Titlark, in descrip- 

 tion, but is distinguished from that bird by being of a 

 shorter body and a paler colour ; and above all, by 

 the hind claw, which is shorter and much more curv- 

 ed. The Field-Lark most generally sits on walls or 

 on the ground ; sometimes, however (of which I have 

 seen only two instances), it sits on trees, from which 

 it ascends a little way in the air and sings. Its song is 

 weaker and meaner than that of the Titlark. 



The Black-veined white Butterfly* feeds on haw- 

 thorn, when in the caterpillar state ; changes to a 

 chrysalis in May, and appears on the wing in June and 

 the beginning of July. 



* Papilio Crategi. 



