272 LARK. 



the Skylark ; the ground-colour more inclined to rufous, and the 

 breast less spotted with black ; the length of the tail shorter than in 

 the Skylark, but longer than in the Woodlark, and in particular, the 

 claws on the forward toes much smaller than in any other of the 

 species : if this bird was truly the Crested one, it is the only instance 

 known of its being a British Species, though it is said by Sibbald to 

 be met with in Scotland.* Mr. White, from whom I received the 

 above description, says, that it is very common about Gibraltar at all 

 times ; that it never soars so high as the Skylark, but wheels about 

 in circles, chirping, but not singing, in the air; that it congregates 

 in the same manner as the Skylark, but not in such numerous flocks, 

 nor keeps so close together. Authors inform us, that it sings at times 

 like the Skylark, and sometimes has two broods in a year ; that it 

 lays four or five eggs, and prefers making the nest under the juniper 

 trees, when near its haunts; the egg, shewn to me by the late Duchess 

 Dowager of Portland, was in length one inch, about the size of that 

 of the House Sparrow, the ground very pale ash-colour, spotted all 

 over with dusky, or pale brown. 



5— UNDATED LARK. 



Alauda undata, Ind. Orn. ii. 500. Gm. Lin. i. 797. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 279. 

 Coquillade, Buf. v. 77. PL enl. 662. Hist. Prov. i. 359. 

 Undated Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 391. Shaiv's Zool. x. 535. 



LENGTH nearly seven inches. Bill almost one, stout, brown, 

 beneath whitish ; feathers of the crown elongated, black ; edged with 

 white; the rest of the upper parts of the head and body blackish, 

 and pale rufous mixed ; greater wing coverts tipped with white ; the 

 wing and tail feathers brown, with pale rufous edges, but a few of 

 those of the wings are margined, or tipped with white ; throat, and 

 all beneath white, with blackish marks on the neck and breast ; the 

 legs yellowish. 



* Scot. IUustr. ii. lib. 3. p. 17. 



