ClafsII. TIT-LARK. 237 



the night, and like the common lark will fing as it 

 flies. It builds on the ground, in the fame manner 

 as the former •, but the fpecies is not near fo nu- 

 merous. The males of this and the lad are known 

 from the females by their fuperior fize. 



III. The T I T-L A R K. 



La Farloufe, Fallope ou L'Aloa- Mattolina, Petragnola, Corriera. 



ette de pre. Be/on a<v. 272. Zinan. 55. 



Aldr. ay. ii. 370. Alauda pratenfis. Lin.fyjl. 287. 



Lodolo di Prato. Olina zj. Faun. 8uec.Jp. 210. 



Wil. orn. 206. Englerke. Br. 223. 



Raiifyn. anj. 69. Br. Zool. 94.. plates Q^ f. 6- 



L'Alouette de prez ou la Far- P. 1. f. 3. 



loufe. BriJ/on anj. iii. 34.5;. 



^TT^HETS bird is found [frequently in low marfny 

 ■** grounds : like other larks it builds its neft a- 

 mong the grafs, and lays five or fix eggs. Like the 

 woodlark it fits on trees ; and has a mod remark- 

 able fine note, a circumftance that till of late we 

 were unacauainted with : it is a bird of an elegant 

 flender ihape : the length is five inches and a half: D f 

 the breadth nine inches : the bill is black : the back 

 and head is of a greenifh brown, fpotted with black : 

 the throat and lower part of the belly are white : the 

 bread yellow, marked with oblong fpots of black : 

 the tail is dufky ; the exterior feather is varied by a 

 bar of white, which runs acrofs the end and takes in 

 the whole outmod web. The claw on the hind toe 

 is. very long, the feet yellowifh : the fubject figured 



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