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LARK.. 



The name which Buffon has given it arifes from its being fre- 

 quently feen near the water. 



It is faid to fing very agreeably. 



10. 

 MEADOW L. 



Alauda campeftris, Lin. Syft. i. p. 288. N° 4. — Famt. Suec. 212. — Brum 



N° 224. 22. 5. — Mulkr, p. 29. N° 232.~-GeorgiR.eife, p. 173. 

 L'Alouette de Champ, Brif. orn. iii. p. 349. N°5- 

 La Spipolette, Buf. oif. v. p. 43. 



Alauda minor campeftris D. Jejfop. Rait Sjn. p. 70. N° A. 6. 

 Brach-lerche, Fri/cb. t. 15, 



Description. 



Z E of a Fit-lark. The upper mandible blackifh ; the lower 

 flefh-coloured '. the plumage on the upper parts of the body 

 is greyifh olive brown 3 beneath, dirty yellowifh white : the lower 

 part of the neck and breaft marked with longitudinal brown: 

 fpots : over the eyes a ftripe of a yellowifh white : the two mid- 

 dle tail feathers grey brown ; the others blackifh ; the outmoft 

 one white the whole way on the outer web, and the fame half- 

 way from the tip on the inner web * j the next has a white fpot 

 at the tip : the legs and claws brown. 



10. 

 Var. A. 



Alauda Spinoletta, Lin. Syft. i. p. 288. N° 7. — Scop. ann. i. N° 187. 

 Spipoletta Florentinis, Rati Syn. p. 70. N° 9. 

 Spipoletto, or Tordino, Will. orn. p. 209. § 10. 



Description, 'TP H I S is lefs than a Lark, and in length more than {even 

 inches. The bill half an inch long, and quite black : the 



* Linntsus fays, that the bafe half of all the tail feathers, except the two mid- 

 dle ones, is white.— Faun, Sue*, p. 77. N° 212. 



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