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The Tippit or lejjer Lark. Alauda Minor. 



Numb. XLIV. 



IT S Weight is eleven Drams ; its Length from the end of the Bill to 

 the end of the Tail is fix Inches and a half; Breadth, ten Inches. 

 It is fmaller than the common Lark, weighing not half fo much ; its 

 Bill is long, flender, and fliarp pointed, half an Inch and half a quarter 

 long, of a yellowifh dusky Colour, fomewhat flattifh; its Head, Neck, 

 Back and Wings are of a dirty Olive-green, the middle of each Feather 

 having a^Shade of black; its Breaft and Belly are of a yellowifh white, 

 faintly fpotted with black ; it hath fixteen prime Feathers in each Wing, 

 the firfl four, or outermofl:, are pointed, and half an Inch and half 

 a quarter longer than the reft , the others are blunt and indented, 

 except the three laft, which are pointed as the firft, but not indented ; 

 the firft and fecond covert Feathers of the Wings have a Border of a 

 dirty white. 



The Tail is two Inches and a half long, made up of twelve Feathers, 

 the outermoft of which is almoft half way white, its exterior Edge of a 

 dirty white, the fecond Feather only pointed with white , the next 

 three blackifh, their exterior Edges hath a caft of yellow, the two 

 middlemoft are of a dusky Colour with light Edges. 



The Feet and Legs are of a dusky yellow; its hind Claw half an 

 Inch long, after the manner of the other Larks. They come about 

 the middle of Sept ember ^ and are taken in great Numbers by the Bird- 

 Catchers about London, 



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