Clafs II. 



SKYLARK. 



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Genus XVIII. LARKS. 



I. The SKYLARK. 



L'Alouette. Be/on av. 269. 

 Chamochilada. Obf. 12. 

 Alauda fine crifta. Gefner av. 



Aldr. a<v. ii. 369. 

 Lodola. Olina 1 2. 

 Common Field Lark, or Sky- 

 lark. VFil. orn. 203. 

 Raiijyn. a<u. 69. 



L'Alouette. BriJJhn au. iii. 335. 

 Allodola, Panterana. Zinan. 55. 

 Alauda atvenfis. Lin.JyJi. 287. 

 Larka. Faun. Suec.fp. 209. 

 Alauda ccelipeta. Klein Jlem. 



Tab. 15. f. 1. 

 Sang-Loerke. Br. 221. 

 Feldlerche. Kratn. 362. 

 Br. Zool. 93. phtfe S. 2. f. 7. 



/ "T" V H E length of this fpecies is feven inches one- 

 *■ fourth: the breadth twelve and a half: the 

 weight one ounce and a half : the tongue broad and 

 cloven : the bill (lender : the upper mandible dusky, 

 the lower yellow : above the eyes is a yellow fpot : 

 the crown of the head a reddifh brown fpotted with 

 deep black : the hind part of the head afh-color. It 

 has the faculty of erecting the feathers of the head. 

 The feathers on the back and coverts of the wings 

 dusky edged with reddifh brown, which is paler on 

 the latter : the quil-feathers dusky : the exterior web 

 edged with white, that of the others with reddifh 

 brown : the chin is white : the upper part of the 

 bread yellow fpotted with black : the lower part of 

 the body of a pale yellow : the exterior web, and 

 half of the interior web next to the ihaft of the firfb 



R feather 



Defer. 



