84 TREATISE ON 



THE FIELDLARK. 



ALAUDA CAMPESTRIS ; LINN^US. LA SPIPOLETTE ; 



BUFFON. 



This is another good song-bii*d of the lark kind. 

 It is about the size of the woodlark, and so like 

 it in plumage that a separate description is unne* 

 cessary; only the tail is longer, and the hind 

 claw more cm'ved in this bird than in those of the 

 woodlark, and its song, though sweet, is not equal 

 to that bu'd's. 



Montagu says, " This bird has often been con- 

 founded with the titlark ; but the base of the bill 

 is broader, and the hind claw shorter and more 

 curved, marks that cannot be mistaken. Its song 

 is vastly superior to the titlark's, though some- 

 thing similar. This it delivers from the branch of 

 a tree, or on wing, as it is descending to the ground," 

 It makes its nest amongst the high grass or green 



