TIOK-. 



482 DUSKY LARK. Class II. 



to sing again as the autumnal temperature 

 Descrip- resembles the vernal. It is a bird of an ele- 

 gant slender shape : the length is five inches 

 and a half; the breadth nine inches. The 

 bill is black ; the back and head is of a green- 

 ish brown, spotted with black ; the throat and 

 lower part of the belly are white; the breast 

 yellow, marked with oblong spots of black; the 

 tail is dusky; the exterior feather is varied by 

 a bar of white, which runs across the end, and 

 takes in the whole outmost web. The claw on 

 the hind toe is very long, the feet yellowish. 



4. Dusky. Alauda obscura. A. olivaceo- nerascente. Lath. Ind. orn* 



fusca nigricante varia, subtus 4g4. id. Sup. ii. 227- 



flavicans, lateribus colli pec- Montagu Orn. Diet. 



toreque maculis fuscescenti- Alauda petrosa. Lin. Tr. iv. 



bus, rectrice extima dimi- 41. 



diato, secunda apice albo ci- Br. Zool. Q4. Tab. P. \.f. 3. 



[THIS bird in the preceding edition of the Bri- 

 tish Zoology, was considered as a variety of the 

 tit lark, to which it bears a great resemblance ; 

 but the editor feels himself authorised to follow 

 the example of later ornithologists, and describe 

 it as a distinct species. 

 Descrip. In size it exceeds the tit lark : the upper part 



TION. . 



of the head, back of the neck, and tail coverts, 



