LARK. 265 



part of a general character is found to coincide, such trifling devia- 

 tions ought to be overlooked, rather than to create new genera ; 

 which, however nicely formed at first, will in their turn be liable to 

 the same objections. 



1.— SKYLARK. 



Alauda arvensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 491. Lin. i. 287. Faun. suec. No. 209. Gm. Lin. i. 



791. Scop. i. No. 184. Brun. No. 221. Midler, No. 229. Frisch, t. 15. f. 1. 



Kramer, 362. Faun. arag. 88. Sepp, Vog. t. p. 27. Boroiusk. iii. 196. Kolb. 



Cap. ii. 151 ? Tern. Man. d'Orn. 161. Id. Ed. ii. 281. 

 Alauda vulgaris, liaii, 69. A. 1. Will. 149. t. 40. Bris. iii. 335. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 404. 



Schaf. el. Av. t. IS. 

 Alauda coelipeta, Klein, 71. Id. Stem. 13. t. 15. f. 1. a— d. Id. Ov. 23. t. 9. f. 1. 

 Alauda pantherana, Gerin. iv. t. 375. f. 1 ? 

 L'Alouette , Buf. v. p. 1. pi. 1. PI. enl. 363. 1. 

 Lodola, Olin. Uc. t. p. 12. Zinnan. Uov. 55. t. 8. f. 43. 

 Feldlerche, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. p, 755. 



Lerche, Wirs. Vog. t. 22. Gunth. Av. t. 22. Schmid, Vog. p. 83, t. 69. 

 Sky, or Field Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 368. Id. Sup. ii. p. 226. Br. Zool. i. No. 136. Id. 

 fol. 93. pi. S. 2. f. 7. Id. Ed. 1812. 475. pi. 62. Will. Engl. 203. Arct. Zool. 

 394. A. Albin, i. pi. 41. /rf. 5o?ig- Birds, p. 38. Collins, Birds, pi. 10. f. 1. 



and pi. 2. f. 1. Bewick, i. pi. p. 178. Shaw's Zool. x. 502. Lewin, iii. pi. 89. 



Walcot, pi. 1S9. Puft. Dors. p. 7. Graves, Br. Orn. v. i. Orn. Z>2C<. Sf Supp. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill dusky, under mandible yellowish ; 

 top of the head reddish brown, the middle of each feather black, 

 behind inclining to ash-colour, somewhat elongated, so as to be 

 capable of erection at will ; on the upper parts of the body the 

 feathers are reddish brown, darker in the middle, and pale on the 

 edges ; fore part of the neck inclining to rufous, and streaked with 

 dusky; from breast to vent yellowish white; quills brown, with 

 yellowish edges, towards the tips whitish ; the two middle tail 

 feathers blackish, with rufous grey margins; the others much the 

 same, but the fourth has a white margin, and the fifth white on the 

 outer web ; the outmost the same, as well as the inner web near the 

 tip ; legs dusky, claws blackish, the hind one long, and straight. 



The female differs in being a trifle smaller. 



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