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c 56 ) 



R D. III. GEN. VIII. LARK. 



S P E. V. RED LARK. 



PL 89. 



Alauda Pennfylvanica. 

 L'Alouette de Penfylvanie. 



rif. Orn. Af. p. 94. 



The bill in this lark is horn colour, fhort, and flout : a line of black paries 

 from the bafe of the beak to the back of the head, through the eye : the chin 

 and throat are whitifh : head, neck, and back, of a red brown colour, fpotted 

 or dafhed with black : breaft pale reddifh brown, with a few oblong markings 

 of black : belly dull white : wing coverts dark brown, with lighter edges : mid- 

 dle tail feathers dull black, edged with yellow brown, the two exteriour ones 

 white : legs pale reddifh brown ; hind claw long, and nearly ftraight. 



This fpecies is fometimes met with in the fields near London in hard win- 

 ters, and is common to America and the fouthern parts of Europe. 



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