294 LARK. 



on the sides, only at the bottom ; it often perches, for although the 

 hind claw is long, it is hooked. Found on all the eastern coasts, 

 quite to Canraria, but not farther : it makes the nest at the foot of 

 the bushes, often in the middle of one, composing it of dry fibres, 

 mixed with slender roots within, and lays three or four bluish eggs, 

 spotted with red brown, most so at the larger end : it has obtained 

 the name of Centinel, from its crying out continually qui vive, qui vive, 

 and is common every where in meadows, on the borders of rivers ; 

 is called Calkoentje, Petit Dindon. 



B. — Length eight inches. Bill stout, three quarters of an inch long; 

 plumage above dark brown, margins of the feathers paler, not unlike 

 our Lark ; beneath yellow; chin very pale; vent buff-colour; breast, 

 and sides under the wings, streaked with brown ; edge of the wing 

 coverts beneath brown and yellow mixed ; quills edged with yellow ; 

 tail three inches long, the feathers sharp at the ends ; the two middle 

 ones plain brown, the others the same from the base, and more or 

 less white at the ends ; the outmost white for about half the length, 

 lessening to the fifth, which is white only just at the tip ; legs brown; 

 toes very long, the middle one an inch, hind toe three quarters of 

 an inch, claw one inch, bent the whole of its length ; the second 

 quills and the greater equal in length, and the wings reach one- 

 fourth on the tail. 



Inhabits Sierra Leona. — In the collection of Mr. Brogden. This 

 is probably a Variety of the female of the Cape Species. 



26— RICHARD' S LARK. 



Anthus Ricliardi, Pipit Richard, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 263. 



LENGTH six inches, seven lines. Upper mandible brown, the 

 lower yellowish ; irides brown ; top of the head, back, and scapulars, 



