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34.— SENEGAL LARK. 



Alauda Senegalensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 500. Gm. Lin. i. 797. 



cristata, Bris. iii. 362. t. 19. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 411. 



Senegal Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 392. Shaw's Zool. x. 525. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an inch, 

 horn-colour ; head slightly crested; plumage grey and brown mixed, 

 each feather being brown, with grey edges ; the under parts whitish, 

 with small brown spots on the throat ; sides and beneath the wings, 

 tinged with rufous ; quills grey brown, with grey edges, but rufous 

 within for two-thirds next the base ; the two middle tail feathers are 

 grey, the others brown, but the outmost rufous-white for nearly the 

 whole breadth ; the adjoining one has the outer edge of the same 

 colour ; legs and claws grey. 



Inhabits Senegal. 



35.— MALABAR LARK. 



Alauda Malabarica, Ind. Orn. ii. 495. Gm. Lin. i. 795. 



Alouette huppee de la Cote de Malabar, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 203. pi. 113. f. 1. 



Malabar Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 379. Shaw's Zool. x. 531. 



LENGTH five inches and three quarters. Bill black ; feathers 

 of the crown brown, with white tips, and long enough to form a 

 crest ; those of the neck pale rufous, with a streak of black down 

 the shafts, the lower part of it broader; throat and belly rufous 

 white; back and wing coverts brown, fringed at the ends with pale 

 rufous ; and a white spot at the tip of each ; quills aud tail dirty 

 brown, with pale rufous margins ; legs of the last colour. 



Inhabits the Coast of Malabar. 



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