Oafs II. RED-LARK, 239 



V. The RED-LARK. 



Ediu. 297. Br. Zoo/. 94. 



Briffon anj. Suppl. 94. 



'TpHIS bird Mr. Edwards difcovered in the neigh- 

 ■** borhood of London. By his figure it feems of 

 the fize of the laft fpecies. The head, hind part of Defer, 

 the neck, and back are of a dusky brown : a blackim 

 line paiTes through each eye •, above that is a clay 

 celored one. The wings and tail are of a dark 

 brown ; the exterior feathers of the latter wholly 

 white : the tips of the two next on each fide alfo 

 white : the under fide from bill to tail of a reddifh 

 brown, marked with dusky fpots : the legs are of a 

 dark brown : the hind claw fhorter than that of the 

 common lark. When the wings are gathered up, 

 the third quil-feather from the body reaches to its 

 tip, which is a conftant character of the water wag- 

 tail genus. 



VI. The LESSER CRESTED LARK. 



Alaudacriftata minor. Aldr. a<v. La petite alouette hupee. Brijprn 



ii. 37 j . a<v. III. 361. 



Wil. orn. 209. Br. Zool. 95. 

 Rati fyn. a<v. 6cj. 



/ "TT V HIS fpecies we find in Mr. Ray's hiftory of 



■** Englijh birds j who fays it is found in York/hire* 



but gives us only this brief defcription of it, from 



R 4 Aldro- 



