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^ VIII. The WILLOW LARK. 



Br. Zool 95. plate Q, f. 4. *f&*X4*-' tyf. 



^T^HIS fpecies has exactly the fame actions and 

 -** note with the preceding bird. It annually vi- 

 fits fome willow hedges near a pool in Whiteford 

 parifh, FlintJJoire ; where it continues the whole fum- 

 mer. It is inferior in fize to the laft. The head, Defer, 

 back, and coverts of the wings are of a yellowifh brown 

 marked with dusky fpots : the quil-feathers are dusky; 

 their exterior edges of a dirty yellow : over each eye 

 from the bill paries a whitifh ftroke, The chin and 

 throat are white : the whole under fide of the body is 

 of a dull yellowifh white : the tail is of a dark brown: 

 the legs are of a yellowifh brown : the back claw like 

 that of the preceding bird. 



To thefe may be added a fpecies taken in the 

 neighborhood of London, called by the bird catchers 

 Qpippit-, we have not feen it, fo can only, from their 

 report, fay that it has fome refemblance to the tit- 

 Iprk ; but its note is much inferior to all other birds 

 qf this fpecies. 



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