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marked with slender lines of brown : tail dark-coloured, the feathers 

 edged with rufous; legs and claws yellowish. 



Inhabits Germany, particularly about Alsace, and sometimes 

 builds on the banks of the Moselle, in the neighbourhood of Metz, 

 where it is seen in October, and said to sing very agreeably. 



14 —TESTACEOUS LARK. 



Alauda testacea, Ind. Orn. ii. 500. Gnu Lin. i. 798. 

 Testaceous Lavk, Gen. Syn.'w. 393. Shaw'sZool.x. 521. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill black ; upper parts of the body testaceous ; 

 crown of the head dashed with black ; wing coverts much the same ; 

 under parts of the body testaceous white ; the quills dusky, deeply 

 margined with a much paler colour ; the edges of the greater very 

 pale; four of the middle tail feathers as the quills; the others the 

 same colour on the under parts ; legs yellow, the hind claw a trifle 

 incurvated. 



Inhabits Gibraltar ; communicated by the late Mr. Pennant. 



15.— PORTUGAL LARK. 



Alauda Lusitanica, Ind. Orn. ii. 500. Gm. Lin.'i. 798. 

 Portugal Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 393. 



BILL stout, white, with a dusky tip; plumage above cream- 

 colour; the feathers dusky brown in the middle; wing coverts and 

 quills edged with grey ; the under parts of the body yellowish white, 

 deeper on the breast ; tail as the back, some of the outer feathers 

 yellowish white ; legs flesh-colour, claws dusky. 



Inhabits Portugal. — Mr. Pennant. 



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