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lUFASCIATKI) I, ARK. 
Cerlldlauda hifasciaia, 
Alcp.mon dcxertoriim. 
BoNArARTE; 1838. 
Stanley. 
Keysekltng & Blastt!?; 1810. 
Alouetie douhle-handc, 
Zweihindige Ler(dir., 
Of tite French. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters . — The false primary about onc-tliirtl the 
length of the first, -which is shorter than the fourtli. The two 
longest of the greater -wing coverts very nearly as long as the 
fifth primary. Tail long, vrith the outer web of the most lateral 
quills -white; posterior claw as long as the toe. A broad black 
band across the white secondaries. Length eight inches six' lines. 
— Temmtnck, which is exactly the length of the female specimen 
sent me by Mr. Tristram, and which is figured. 
The English naturalist who confines his attention 
to his own fauna, a habit, the breach of which will 
afford him great pleasure and instruction, will be 
struck with the difference between the Bifasciated Lark 
and one or two others which I shall have to hrinsr 
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before his notice, and the well-known graceful forms 
of our Skylark or Woodlark. But the family is well 
linked together by similarity of structure and habit, 
which Ave shall see as we proceed. 
The Bifasciated Lark is an inhabitant of Andalusia 
and Candia, and has been seen occasionally in Sicily 
and the south of France. Dr. Leith Adams informs me 
that this bird is also found in the deserts of Western 
Asia and Scinde. Its real home, however, is in the 
north of Africa, where its habits have been observed 
by Mr. Tristram, and by Avhom the bird Avhich I 
have figured was shot. I extract the folloAving from 
one of Mr. Tristram’s papers on the ornithology of 
Northern Africa, in that excellent and useful work, 
the ‘This,” vol. i, p. 426: — ^‘The Bifasciated Lark is 
