484 . FIELD LARK. Class IL 



5. Pipit. Alauda trivial is. A. nigricante Grasshopper Warbler. Lath. 



etolivaceovaria, subtusalbo- Syn. iv.42g. (quoad synon.) 



flavicans maculis nigricanti- A. sepiaria. Brisson av. iii. 349. 



bus, rectrice cxtima dimi- Alouette pipi. Hist, d'ois. v. 



diato secunda apice alba. 3g. f. 4. 



Lalh. hid. orn. 4g3. Piep Lerche, Frisch, 26. 



Gm. Lin. 796. Pipit Lark. Alb. i.44. 



[THE Pipit Lark has generally been confound- 

 ed with the tit lark and the grasshopper warbler, 

 and can only be distinguished from the former 

 by the color of the upper parts being more oli- 

 vaceous, and the yellow of the under more fer- 

 ruginous ; and also from its superior size, being 

 six inches and a half in length. Ed,] 



6. Field. Alauda minor. A. rubro-fnsca Alauda minor. Gm. Lin. 793. 

 subtus maculata, gula abdo- The Lesser Field Lark. WiL 

 mineqne albis, jugulopecto- orn, 207. 

 reque obscure flavescentibus. Arct. Zool. n. SS- 

 Lath. hid. orn. ^Q^.id. Syn. . 

 iv. 375. , 



Descrip- XHIS species we received from Mr. Plymly. 

 It is larger than the tit lark 5 the bill dusky 

 above, whitish beneath ; the head and hind part 

 of the neck are of a pale brown, spotted with, 

 dusky lines, which on the neck are very faint ; 

 the back and rump are of a dirty green, the 

 former marked in the middle of each feather with 



TION. 



