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SKY-LARK. 



and there are few persons that have heard their 

 song but must have admh'ed the various modula- 

 tions of their melodious strains, which may be 

 heard when the performers are invisible from the 

 great height to which they soar. Their usual 

 food consists of insects and their larvae ; they will 

 also eat seeds, and in a state of confinement will 

 eat bread, eggs, &c. 



SKY-LARK. 



(Alauda arvensis.) 



Al. nigricante griseo riifescente et albido mria, subtus rufo-alha, 

 rectricibus extimis duabus extrorsum longitudinaliter albis, iri' 

 termediis interiori latere ferrugineis. 



Lark varied with dusky grey, reddish and white^ beneath red- 

 dish white, with the outer webs of the two exterior tail- 

 feathers white, and the two middle ones with their edges fer- 

 ruginous. 



Alauda arvensis. Lin, Syst, Nat. 1. 287. 1. — Lin. Faun, Suec, 



10Q.-—Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. — Lath, Ind, Orn. 2. 491. 1. 

 Alauda vulgaris. Briss, Orn* 3.335. 1. 



L*Alouette. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois, 5. 1. pi, l.—Buf, PL Enl. 

 363./. 1. 



Skylark. Pen, Brit, Zool. 1, 136.— Pen, Arct, Zool. 2. 394. a. 



— Albin, Birds, l.pl, 41. — Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 368, 1. — Lath. 



Syn. Sup. II, 226. — Will, Ang, 203. — Letjoin, Brit. Birds, 3, 



pi, 89. — Wale, Syn, pi. 1 89.— Mow^. Orn. Diet, 1. — Mont. 



Sup. — Benoiclc, Brit, Birds, 1. 178. 

 |3. toto luteo'olba. 



Entirely of a yellowish white colour. 



Alauda Candida. Briss, Orn, 3. 339. IQ./- 1. 



