PLATE LXXVI. 
Pilon OBSCURA. 
6. SK PPE RK. 
paces 
Bill conic, pointed, Noftrils oval, broad, naked. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Bill. {trait, fender, benaing a little towards the end. Noftrils 
covered with feathers or briftles. ‘Tongue cloven. | Toes-divided to 
the origin, back claw very long, 
ALAupA Opscura, Dusxy>Lark. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 494. 
| , Ne 7 
Brack Lark. Albin. Vol. 3. ph ou 
L’Alouette noire. Bri if. Orn. 3. p. 34. B 
Buff. Oif. 5. p a enl, 650. fe I. 

It feems undetermined whether we ought to confider this as a dif- 
tinct fpecies, or only as a variety of the Sky Lark. Mr. Latham, in 
his Synopfis, confiders it a variety, and obferves that he is aware of 
this and other Birds becoming black by feeding on Hemp-feed, as 
was the cafe with a Goldfinch and Houfe Sparrow. It appears alfo 
liable to much variation of colours in different fpecimens. One in 
C2 the 
