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 L'AIouette d'ltalie, Brif. orn. ni. 35;. N° 7. ITALIAN L. 



La Girole, Buf. oif. v. p. 47. 



Giarola Aldrov. Rail Syn. p. 70. N° 10. — Will. orn. p. 209. § g. 



E N G T H eight inches. The bill red : the upper parts of Description. 

 the plumage chefnut brown, but the edge of each feather of 

 a reddifh. white, efpecially thofe which furround the hind head, 

 which inclines much to white: breaft, belly, and fides, white: 

 eight of the middle tail feathers are chefnut brown, with paler 

 edges ; the Iaft but one on each fide the fame, with a white tip ; 

 and the outer one quite white : the legs are fkfh-coloured, and 

 the claws whitifh. 



Inhabits Italy, according to Brijfon ; who fays it had the ap- Piacs, 



pearance of a young bird. 



Ray obferves, that, except in the colour of the tail feathers, it 

 greatly refembled the Wood-lark ; and I much fufpecl it to be a- 

 mere variety of that bird. 



Buffon * mentions a bird being fhot at Bologne, about the end 

 of the month of May, which anfwered to the above defcription. 

 The outer tail feather in this was white, and the next half white 

 from the tip : the hind claw half an inch long, and curved only 

 at the point. 



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* Hi/1, des oif. v. p. 48. 



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