LARK. 293 



25— CAPE LARK. 



Alauda Capensis, hid. Orn. ii. 498. Lin. i. 288. Bris. iii. 364. t. 19. 3. Id. 8vo. i. 



411. Gm. Lin. i. 798. Spalowsck. Vog. i. t. 21. 

 Cravate jaune, ou Calandre du Cap. de B. Esp. Buf. v. pi. 54. PI. enl. 504. 2. 

 Le Culdor, Levail. Afr. iii. 83. pi. 119. f. 1. 2. 

 Anthus, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxviii. 

 Cape Lark, Gen. Si/n. iv. 384. Shaiv's Zool. x. 510. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill ten lines long, and yellowish 

 brown; plumage on the upper parts of the body and tail brown, the 

 middle of each feather darker brown ; chin and throat orange ; from 

 thence to the vent yellowish white, inclining most to yellow near the 

 vent ; over the eye a yellowish streak, and beneath on the ear, a dusky 

 one ; four of the outer tail feathers are white at the ends, but irre- 

 gularly so ; for the outer one is white for near an inch, but the fourth 

 only so at the tip ; the legs are dusky ; toes pretty long ; hind claw 

 above half an inch in length, and a little bent : this is the description 

 of the female. 



The male has the yellow on the throat bordered with black ; the 

 stripe over the eye orange ; the breast mixed brown, grey, and 

 pale yellow ; and the belly and sides rufous orange-colour ; the 

 greater quills edged with yellow, the lesser with grey. Buffon 

 mentions having seen two females, with the throat of a pale rufous- 

 colour, and the breast spotted with brown. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; found in the forests of Hott- 

 niqua, but not in abundance ; whether it has any song is not known. 



A. — Alouette Centinelle, Levail. Afr. iv. 132. pi. 195.— Male. 196.— Female. 



Size of a small Thrush. Colour not greatly differing from the 

 former. The female is paler, and the throat not bordered with black 



