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ITALIAN LARK. 

 ( Alauda Italica.) 



Ai., fuscO'Castanea subtus alba, capite vitta annidari albicante, 



rectrice extimn alba, proxima apice alba, 

 Chesnut brown Lark, beneath white ; head with an annular 



whitish stripe ; the outer tail-feather white, and the next at 



the tip white. 



Alauda Italica. Gmel, S^/st, Nat. 1. 793. — Briss, Orn, 3. 355. 



7. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. AQ2. 4. 

 Giarola. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 47. 

 Italian Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 373. 4. 



This scarcely appears to be more than a variety 

 of the young of the Wood Lark, except being 

 much larger than that bird even when full 

 grown : it was taken in Italy : its length is eight 

 inches : its beak is red : the upper parts of the 

 plumage are chesnut brown, with the feathers 

 edged with pale reddish white, especially those of 

 the hind head, which greatly inclines to white : 

 the breast, belly, and sides, are white : the outer 

 tail-feather is white, the next has the tip white, 

 and the rest of the tail is chesnut-brown with pale 

 edges : legs flesh-coloured : claws whitish. 



