Class II. DUSKY LARK. 483 



are of a dark brown ; the back and scapulars of 

 the same color, obscurely marked with dusky 

 strokes ; the throat whitish, the breast and belly 

 of a yellowish white; the former blotched with 

 large dusky spots ; the sides marked with strokes 

 of the same ; the tail three inches long ; the 

 legs brown ; the hind claw, which is crooked, 

 is about four tenths of an inch in length. 



We are informed by Mr. Montagu that it be- 

 gins breeding early in the spring, and that the 

 nest is made of dry grass, marine plants, and a 

 very little moss externally, and lined with fine 

 grass and a few long hairs. This is generally 

 placed on the shelf of a rock near the sea, where 

 there are a few scanty bushes or tufts of grass. 

 It lays four or five eggs, of a dirty white, sprink- 

 led with numerous specks of brown, so conflu- 

 ent at the larger end as to give that part the ap- 

 pearance of an uniform color. 



This species is found from the coast of Caer- 

 narvonshire, where it was first observed by Mr, 

 Pennant, to the southern parts of the kingdom, 

 and seems confined to the neighbourhood of the 

 sea. Ed.] 



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