LARK. 297 



Doubelde Liwerk, as being of a larger size than another, called by 

 them, Inkelde Liwerk, or Simple Lark. It is in great repute for 

 the use of the table. 



30.— RUFOUS-HOODED LARK. 



Alouette a Calotte rousse, Levail. Afr. iv. 135. pi. 198. 



BILL and legs brown : irides chestnut ; top of the head rufous 

 chestnut; upper parts of the body earthy brown, with transverse, 

 curved, blackish marks; throat, neck, breast, and sides, dirty greyish 

 white, marked with some spots of black ; quills brown, waved with 

 black brown ; tail rather hollowed out at the end, brown, the edges 

 of the feathers white. 



The female is smaller, the top of the head less lively, and the 

 hind claw not so large. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



31.— RUFOUS-HEADED LARK. 



Alouette a tete vousse, Levail. Afr. iv. 137. pi. 199. 



THIS is the smallest of the African Larks ; about half the size 

 of the Skylark. Bill stout, as in the Finch, colour pale ; the head 

 rufous, like our Linnet; the rest of the plumage rufous grey ; beneath 

 dirty white; legs pale brown. 



The female is smaller, and the red on the head paler ; the hind 

 claw is also less, though it is not long, even in the male. 



Inhabits the African deserts about the country of Houswaanas, 

 in the interior of the Cape of Good Hope. It differs from the Cine- 

 reous Lark, being smaller, in not having the black wings and taH, 

 and the rufous head not bordered with white. 



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