4S6 



RED LARK. 



Class II. 



7- Red. Alauda rubra. A. obscure fus- 

 ca, subtus fulvo-rufescens, 

 maculis fuscis varia, genis 

 nigricantibus, superciliis pal- 

 lide rufis. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 494. id. Sy?i. iv. 376- 

 Alouette a joues brunes de 



Pensylvanie. Brisson av. 



Sup. 94. Hist, d'ois. v. 58. 

 Alauda rubra. Gm. Lin. 794. 

 Lark from Pensylvania. Ediv. 



tab. 297. 

 Br. Zool. ii. 23g. Arct. Zool. 



ii. 85. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



X MET with this species in the magnificent 

 and elegant Museum of Ashton Lever, Esq; 

 where the lover of British or exotic ornithology, 

 may find delight and instruction equally inter- 

 mixed. 



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 wings are of a rusty brown, 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 oi England is rare. 

 Mr. 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. 



