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ancej they were mere lines on the head, and widened as they 

 proceeded downwards to the rump : the tail of one plain colour.; 

 the hind claw ft rait, and half an inch in length. 

 This came from Sibiria. 



15. Alauda calandra, Lin. Syjr. 1. p. 28S. N° 9. 



4- CALANDRE £ a g ro fi e Alouette, ou La Calandre, Brif. orn. iii. p. 352. N° 6. pi. 20. f. 2, 



— Buf. oif. v. p. 49. — PI. enl. 363. f. 2. 

 .Calandra, Olin. uccel. p. 30. — Will. orn. p. 208. — Edna. pi. 268. — Ar3. Z00U 



Lev. Muf. 



^Description. TH I S exceds the Crefted Lark in fize ; and in length is feven 



inches and a quarter. The bill is three quarters of an inch 



long, very flout, and of a pale colour : the plumage on the upper 



parts of the body brown and grey mixed, each feather being 



<brown in the middle: the throat is white, beneath which is a 



black mark, almoft in the fhape of a crefcent : beneath this it is 



dirty white, marked with black : the belly is white : the fides and 



thighs of a rufous brown : the quills very dark, with the outer 



webs brown, the very edge whitifli ; the lefier quills partly the 



fame, but are alfo tipped with white : the tail black ; the outer 



feather is white on the outer web, and about half-way from the 



end of the inner; the next, bordered on the outer web with 



white, and tipped with the famej the third, edged with grey, and 



tipped with white ; and the fourth, only edged with grey : the 



bill and legs are pale grey. 



Place as» T n j s j s f oun d in Italy *, Provence f in France, Sardinia, 



Manner^ 



* Olina. f Hifi. des oif, 



