290 LARK. 



22— CALANDRE LARK. 



Alauda Calandra, Ind. Orn. ii. 496. Lin. i. 2S8. Gm. Lin. i. 800. Bris. iii. 352. 



t. 20. 1. Id. Svo. i. 408. Klein, 72. 7. Will. 151. Olina, t, p. 30. Cet. Uc. 



Sard. t. p. 147. Faun. arag. p. 84. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 157. Id. ii. 276. 

 Calandre, ou gvosse Alouette, Buf. v. 49. Id. Sonnin. xv. p. 350. PI. enl. 363. 2. 

 Alouette a Collier, Hist. Prov. i. 353. 

 Calandre Lark, Gen. St/n. iv. 382. Id. Sup. ii. 177. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 2S0. Edw. 



pi. 268. JFz'//. £«£■/. 208. SWs Zoo/, x. 513. 



THIS exceeds the Crested Lark in size, and is seven inches and 

 a quarter in length. Bill three quarters of an inch long, very stout, 

 and pale in colour; plumage above brown and grey mixed, the 

 middle of the feathers being brown ; throat white, beneath this is a 

 black mark, almost in the shape of a crescent; under the black dirty 

 white, marked with black ; the belly white ; sides and thighs rufous 

 brown ; quills very dark, with the outer webs brown, and the edges 

 whitish ; the lesser quills the same, but the ends also tipped with 

 white; tail black, the outer feather white on the outer web, and 

 about halfway from the end of the inner ; the next bordered on the 

 outer web with white, and tipped with the same ; the third edged 

 with grey, and tipped with white ; the fourth only edged with grey ; 

 bill and legs pale grey. 



The female is smaller, and the black on the neck less distinct. 



This is found in Italy, France, Andalusia, Valentia, Grenada, 

 Murcia, and Catalonia, and no less common in Barbary, appearing 

 first in April, remaining all summer, and departing in autumn;* is 

 almost as common as the Crested Lark, and quantities are taken at 

 Gibraltar, both in spring and autumn. The note is strong, bold, 

 and clear ; somewhat like that of the Woodlark ; is often observed 

 to perch on thistles and low shrubs while it sings. It is equally 

 found in Sardinia, Aleppo, and other places of the Old Continent ; 



* Is first seen in Provence about Michaelmas, and goes away in March, at which time 

 the Undated Lark, Grasshopper Warbler, &c. arrive. — Hist. Prov. 



