Class II. 



TIT LARK. 



481 



Alauda pratensis. A. viridi- 

 fusca, rectricibus duabus ex- 

 trorsum albis, linea superci- 

 liari alba. Lath. hid. orn. 

 493. id. Syn. iv. p. 374. 



La Farlouse, Fallope ou L'A- 

 louette de pre. Belon av. 

 272. 



Aldr. av. ii. 370. 



Lodolo di Prato. Olina, 27- 



Wil. orn. 206. 



Raii Syn. av. 6g. 



L' Alouette de 



prez 



la 



Farlouse. Brisson av.- iii. 



343. Hist, d'ois. v. 31. PL 



Fnl.QQO.f. 1. 

 Mattolina, Petragnola, Corri- 



era. Zinan. 55. 

 Alauda pratensis. Gm, Lin. 



792. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 210. 

 Wiesen Lerche (Meadows 



Lark) Frisch, i. 16. 

 Englerke. Br. 223. 

 Br. Zool. 94. plates Q. f. 6, 

 Arct. Zool. ii. 87. 



3. Tit. 



J-HIS bird is found frequently in low marshy 

 grounds. It builds its nest among the grass, 

 lining it with horse hair, and lays five or six eggs, 

 generally of a deep brown color, but sometimes 

 whitish, and thickly speckled with rufous brown. 

 Like the woodlark it sits on trees, and has a most 

 remarkable fine note, singing in all situations, 

 whether when perched or on the ground, or while 

 it is sporting in the air, and particularly in its de- 

 scent. This bird with many others, such as the 

 thrush, blackbird, willow wren, &c. become si- 

 lent about Midsummer, and resume their notes 

 in September : hence this interval is the most 

 mute of the year's three vocal seasons, spring, 

 summer, and autumn : perhaps they are induced 

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