﻿LARK. $69 



Good Hope *, and no doubt in the intermediate places, though 

 not directly recorded by authors j very common in RuJJta and 

 Siberia, even as far as Kamtfchatka ; in fome parts of Germany 

 much more plentiful than in any part of England f. I do not 

 find any account of their inhabiting America; though indeed 

 Sloane mentions meeting with them fome leagues out at fea. 



As to their manners, I can have little to add to thofe mentioned 

 by Mr. Pennant, in the Britijh Zoology ; who, with his ufual ele- 

 gance, has faid every thing ; and indeed, the general knowledge 

 which every one has of this bird, leaves no room for further in- 

 veftigation. 



•a- 



L'Alouette blanche, Brif. ortt. Hi. p. 339. A. pi. 19. f. i.—'Buf. oif. v. 1. 



p. 20. 

 Weiffe-lerche, Frifcb, t. 16. 



Var. A. 

 WHITE L. 



'T'HIS is a mere variety of the laft, and is oftener found in Description. 

 the colder climates, at leaft when of a pure white j for of 



* Kolb. Cap, iii. p. 164. — One fent from the Cape by Mr. Majjfon, now at 

 Sir J. Banks's, is a trifle lefs than ours ; and the hind claw fhort, though ftrait. 

 HaJJeljuiJi fays it is common on the ihores of the Nile, and adjacent parts. See 

 Iter. PaUJl. 



■f- Mr. P. talks of 4000 dozen being taken in the neighbourhood of Dunfta- 

 ble, between September and February ; but this holds no proportion with what 

 are at times caught in different parts of Germany, where there is an excfle upon 

 them. KeyJIer fays, that the exci/e alone produces 6000 dollars * every year to 

 the city of Leipjic; whofe Larks are famous all over Germany, as having the moll 

 delicate flavour. But it is not only at Leipjic that they are taken in fuch num- 

 bers, but alfo in the country about Naumburg, Merfelurg, Halle, and other parts^ 

 See Keyjler's Trwv, vol. iv. p. 315. 



* About 900/, flerling. 



Vol. II. 3 B thofe 



