300 LARK. 



36.—CLAPPER LARK. 



L'Alouette bateleuse, Levail. Afr. iv. 130. pi. 194. 



SIZE of the Skylark. Bill brownish; eyes reddish chestnut; 

 head feathers elongated; plumage varied with chestnut, brown, and 

 black, divided by festoons of white in narrow bands ; the ends of 

 the feathers of the back and wings being white ; throat white; breast 

 marbled with fulvous, on a white ground ; under parts of the body 

 orange white; legs yellow brown. The female is smaller, and the 

 colours less regularly marked ; the young birds incline much to 

 rufous above, and to rufous orange beneath. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and approaches nearer to the 

 Skylark than any in that part of the world ; is remarkable for 

 making a noise by the clapping of the wings, when arising from the 

 ground, so as to be heard at some distance ; it rarely mounts above 

 fifteen ortwenty feet, and while rising, has a note similar to the word 

 Piouit, and this chiefly at day break, and sunset. Is found in all 

 Swartland, and the arid plains of Piquetberg and Karow, as well as 

 in all the sandy parts of Africa, and the interior places. It lives 

 on insects and grain, and does not perch ; makes the nest in a hollow 

 on the ground, and lays from four to six eggs, of a greenish grey. 

 Is called by the Dutch, Clapert Liwerk, or Clapper Lark. It seems 

 much allied to the Malabar Species. 



37. -GINGI LARK. 



Alauda Gingica, Ind. Orn.W. 496. Gm. Lin. i. 795. 



La petite Alouette de Gingi, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 203. pi. 113. 



Gingi Lark, Gen. Syn. iv. 380. Shaw's Zool. x. 523. 



SIZE of the Goldfinch, length four inches and a half. Bill and 

 legs pale rufous grey ; plumage on the upper parts greyish umber- 



