298 LARK. 



32.— FERRUGINOUS LARK. 



Alauda Gorensis, Ind. Orn. Sup. Hi. Mus. Carls, iv. pi. 99. 

 Ferruginous Lark, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 229. Shaw's Zool. x. 520. 



SIZE of the Titlark. Bill brown ; crown, nape, and beginning 

 of the back, dusky ; the feathers margined with ferruginous ; back 

 and rump deeper ferruginous ; chin and breast the same, growing 

 paler beyond to the vent, which is white, and marked with dusky 

 streaks on the two first ; quills pale on the edges ; and the tail 

 feathers have the margins nearly white ; the two middle ones ferru- 

 ginous brown ; the exterior obliquely white towards the end, and 

 marked with a triangular white spot at the tip ; legs pale. 



It is not mentioned whence it came, but from the name given 

 to it by Dr. Sparrman, it is probably of African origin, and from 

 Goree. 



33— TAWNY LARK. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill brown ; plumage above similar to 

 the Skylark, the head rather full of feathers ; beneath ferruginous 

 grey, or tawny ; on the breast some blackish spots ; wing coverts 

 pale ferruginous, with dark ends, having a waved appearance ; the 

 lesser quills with blackish bars, the greater plain brown ; tail two 

 inches long, brown; the two middle feathers rather pointed, and 

 marked with darker bars on the sides ; the quills reach to about the 

 middle of it ; legs pale, hind claw short. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, described from a specimen in 

 the possession of Mr. Leadbeater, of Brewer-street. 



