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mark pafTes through the eyes, and a clay-coloured one above it : 

 the eye-lids are light coloured ; the eye dark : the under parts of 

 the body light reddifh brown, marked with dufky fpots : legs 

 dark brown : hind claw long, and fomewhat curved. 



This is Mr. Edwards's defcription ; that of Mr. Pennant is not 

 far different ; but he adds, that the upper parts are fpotted with 

 black, and that the middle tail feather is black, edged with 

 brown, and the two exterior white. 



This bird is common to North America, and is often met with Placs. 



in the neighbourhood of London, where Mr. Edwards firft ob- 

 ferved it. 



I have never met with it, except in the Leverian Mufeum, 

 where there is a fine fpecimen. 



La Roufleline, ou L'Alouette de Marais, Buf. oif. v. p. 60. — PL enl. 661. 9- 



f i MARSH L. 



*TP HIS is of a more fiender make, and of a lefs fize, than the Description. 



Sky lark : the length is fix inches and a quarter : the bill eight 

 lines. The whole of the plumage inclines more or lefs to rufous : 

 the bill is yellowifh : the top of the head, and upper parts of the 

 neck and body, rufous, mixed with brown : the fides of the head 

 and throat very pale : on each fide, under the eye, are three (len- 

 der brown ftripes : the under parts of the body are rufous white, 

 but the bread and thighs incline much to rufous ; the firft of 

 thefe is marked with flender lines of brown : the tail is pretty 

 dark,, edged with rufous : legs and claws yellowifh. 



This is found in Germany, particularly in Alface; and is found Placje. 



fometimes to build on the banks of the Mofelle, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Metz, where it is feen every year in Oclober. 



Vot. II. . 3 C The 



