Class II, 



SKY LARK. 



475 



GENUS XXV. LARK. 



Bill weak, strait, bending towards the point. 

 Nostrils covered with feathers or bristles. 

 Toes divided to their origin ; back toe armed 

 with a long and strait claw. 



Alauda. Arvensis. A. nigricante 

 griseo-rufescente et albido va- 

 ria, subtus rufo-alba, rectri- 

 cibus extimis duabus extror- 

 sum longitudinaliter albis, 

 intermediis interior! latere 

 ferrugineis. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 491. id. Syn. iv. 368. 



L'Alouette. Belon av. 26q. 



Chamocliilada. Ohs. 12. 



Alauda sine crista. Gesner av. 

 78. 



Aldr. av. ii. 369. 



Lodola. Olina, 12. 



Common Field Lark, or Sky 

 Lark. Wil. orn. 203. 



Hail syn. av. 69. 



L'Alouette. Brisson av. iii. 



335. Hist. dois. v. 1. PL 



Enl. 363./. 1. 

 AUodola, Panterana. Zinan. 



55. 

 Alauda arvensis. Gm.Lin. 79 1 . 

 Larka. Faun, Suec. sp. 20Q. 

 Alauda coelipeta. Klein stem. 



Tab. 15. f. 1. 

 Sang-Lcerke. Br. 221. 

 Feldlerche. Kram, 362. Frisck, 



i. 15. 

 Lauditza. Scopoli, No. 184. 

 Br. Zool. 93. plate S. 2. f. 7- 



Arct. Zool. ii. 86. 



1. Sky. 



XHE length of this species is seven inches Descrip- 

 one-fourth; the breadth twelve and a half; the ^'°"'^' 

 weight one ounce and a half. The tongue broad 

 and cloven; the bill slender; the upper man- 

 dible dusky, the lower yellow ; above the eyes 



