282 LARK. 



Species of the Lark kind found in England, if the third, or Greater 

 Crested, be taken into the number, which appears to be very doubtful ; 

 on the Continent, however, several others are recorded, of which we 

 suspect that some have been blended together, or made distinct, for 

 want of accurate investigation. 



A. — Length between five and six inches. General colour of the 

 plumage fine pale reddish buff, dotted with dusky spots on the 

 crown, the ears, and down the jaws ; the wing and tail feathers are 

 chocolate brown, deeply margined with the ground-colour ; the tail 

 is even at the end ; bill and legs pale, the hind claw pretty long, and 

 not much curved. 



Inhabits India, and there called Chilloo ; is very similar to the 

 Red Lark, but smaller, and may be esteemed as a mere Variety. 

 One of these, in Mr. Comyns's collection, from Ceylon, named 

 Goma Ritta. 



13.— MARSH LARK. 



Alauda Mosellana, Ind. Om. ii. 495. Gm. Lin. i. 794. 



Anthus rufescens, Tern. Man. d'Om. 150. Id. Ed. ii. 268. 



Alouette de Marais, Rousselh.e, Buf. v. 60. PL enl. 661. 1. 



Brachlerche, Frisch, 1. 15. f. 2. 



Willow Lark, Br. Zool. fol. 95. t.2. f. 4. 



Marsh Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 377. Shaw's Zool. x. 523. 



THIS is smaller, and of a more slender make than the Skylark ; 

 the length six inches and a quarter. Bill eight lines ; whole plumage 

 more or less inclining to rufous; the bill yellowish ; top of the head, 

 upper parts of the neck, and body rufous, mixed with brown ; sides 

 of the head, and throat very pale ; on each side, under the eye, are 

 three slender brown stripes ; under parts of the body rufous white, 

 but the breast and thighs have a rufous tinge ; the first of these 



