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rufous ; the fourth rufous white on the outer web ; and the exterior 

 rufous white, inclining to rufous at the end ; toes very short. The 

 female has the under parts, and streak over the eyes, pure white. 



Inhabits Sicily, the kingdom of Naples, Spain, and sometimes 

 the north of Italy ; rarely passing the Alps and Pyrenees ; and 

 migrates at times into Africa ; feeds on seeds and insects. 



40.— YELLOW-HEADED LARK. 



LENGTH six inches or more. Bill moderate, dusky ; head as 

 far as the nape behind, and all the under parts yellow, growing paler 

 on the belly and vent; the latter nearly white; upper tail coverts 

 pale ; hind part of the neck, back, wings, and tail, deep chocolate- 

 brown ; but the margins of the feathers of the two last are white ; 

 the tail long, even at the end, and the quills reach a trifle beyond 

 the base; legs dusky, the hind claw long, as in other Larks, and a 

 little bent. 



Inhabits India, and has much the appearance of the Yellow- 

 headed Wagtail, but the bill is rather more stout; and the shape and 

 length of the hind claw, proclaim it to belong to the Lark Species. 



41— JELLI LARK. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill stout, pale yellow, three 

 quarters of an inch long ; crown, and upper parts of the plumage 

 much like those of the Skylark ; cheeks plain, pale brown ; chin 

 and under parts chiefly white ; across the throat, just above the breast, 

 a transverse bar of black, divaricating into two on each side of the 

 neck, the upper fork very narrow ; sides of the breast, beneath this, 



