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43.— SLENDER LARK. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill dusky, under mandible flesh-colour; 

 plumage above pale brown, middle of the feathers darker ; over the 

 eye a buff streak; sides before the eye, under it, and ears, pale ash- 

 colour ; beneath to the breast very pale rufous, with a few short 

 brown streaks ; belly, thighs, and vent, rufous white ; wings dark 

 brown, the feathers deeply edged with buff; greater quills dusky ; 

 tail a trifle hollowed at the end ; upper coverts and two middle 

 feathers brown, the others dusky black, the outer one white; legs 

 pale brown, hind toe and claw both very long, the last slightly bent. 



Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke. Found at Anopshere in 

 January ; has somewhat the appearance of the Field Lark, but is a 

 more slender bird. 



44.— AGILE LARK. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill slender, dusky, over the 

 eye a clay-coloured streak ; plumage above ash-brown ; beneath to 

 the breast pale buff, with long streaks of black on the throat, breast, 

 and sides ; belly, thighs, and vent, white ; wings brown, margins of 

 the coverts buff; tail two inches long, hollowed at the end, brown, 

 the outer feather white; legs flesh-colour, hind toe long, claw shorter, 

 and more bent than in the last ; the quills reach halfway on the tail. 



Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke. Found at Rohilcund in 

 February ; has much the habit of the Titlark, but less bulky. 



In a second of these, the plumage is much the same ; the streak 

 over the eye pure white ; the colours in general rather darker, and 

 the dark streaks on the under parts more numerous, and continued 

 quite to the vent. 



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