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black, the latter plain ; the coverts of the wings 

 dusky, deeply edged with white ; the quil fea- 

 thers dusky ; the exterior web of the first edged 

 with white, of the others with a yellowish green. 

 The throat is yellow ; the breast of the same 

 color, marked with large black spots ; the belly 

 and vent-feathers white ; on the thighs are a few 

 dusky oblong lines : the tail is dusky, but half the 

 exterior and interior web of the outmost feather 

 is white ; the next is marked near the end, with 

 a short white stripe pointing downwards; the 

 legs are of a very pale yellowish brown ; and 

 the claw on the hind toe very short for one of 

 the lark kind, which strongly distinguishes it . , 



from the tit lark. 



[The excellent naturalist who has particularly 

 elucidated this species in his Ornithological 

 Dictionary says, that this bird visits England 

 late in the spring, and is chiefly found in TVilt- 

 shire and the southern parts of the kingdom. It ' . 



generally makes its nest amongst high grass or 

 green wheat, and frequents the more cultivated 

 districts, where there are trees ; the nest is com- 

 posed of dry grass, fibrous plants, and sometimes 

 a little moss, and is lined with fine dry grass and 

 horse hair. The eggs are four in number, of a 

 dirty bluish white, thickly blotched and spotted 

 with purplish brown. Ed.] 



