486 RED LARK. Class II. 



7- Red. Alanda rubra. A. obscure fus- Pensylvanie. Brisson av. 



ca, subtus fulvo-rufescens. Sup. Q4. Hist. dots. v. 58. 



maculis fuscis varia, genis Alauda rubra. Gm. Lin. 794. 



nigricantibuSjSuperciliispal- Lark from Pensylvania. Edw. 

 lide rufis. Lath. Ind. orn. tah. 297. 



494. id. Syn. iv. 376. Br. Zool. ii. 239. Jrct. Zool. 

 Alouette a joues brunes de ii. 85. 



JL MET with this species in the magnificent 

 and elegant Museum of Ashton Lex>ej% Esq; 

 where the lover of British or exotic ornithology, 

 may find delight and instruction equally inter- 

 mixed. 

 Descrip- This species is equal in size to the common 

 lark. A white line crosses each eye, and an- 

 other passes beneath ; the bill is thick ; the chin 

 and throat whitish ; the head, neck, back, and 

 coverts of the uings are of a rusty broAvn, spot- 

 ted with black; the breast whitish, with dusky 

 spots ; the belly of a dirty white ; the middle fea- 

 ther of the tail black edged with brown ; the 

 two exterior white ; the legs of a pale brown. 



This bird is common to the neighborhood of 

 London., to North America, and to the South 

 of Europe; but in most parts of England is, rare. 

 IMr. Edzvards first discovered it; he remarks, 

 that when the wing is gathered up, the third pri- 

 mary feather reaches to the tip of the first. 



TION. 



