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CAPE LARK. 

 (Alauda capensis.) 



Al. rectricihus tribus lateralibus apice albis,gula lutea nigro mar-' 



ginaia, superciliis Jlavis, 

 Lark with the three lateral tail-feathers white at the tips ; the 



throat yellow, margined with black ; eyebrows yellow- 

 Alauda capensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 288. 8. — Gmel. Syst, Nat. 



1. 798. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 498. 10. 

 Alauda Capitis Bonae Spei. Briss, Orn. 3. 364. W.pl, ig.f. 3. 

 Cravate jaune, ou Calandre du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. 



Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. ph 54,^Buf. PI. Enl, 504./. 2. 

 Cape Lark. Lath, Gen, Syn,4. 384. 18. 



La Cravate jaune of BufFon is found at the Cape 

 of Good Hope : it is eight inches in length : its 

 beak is yellowish horn-colour : the upper parts of 

 the plumage are brown, with the shafts of the 

 feathers darkest : over the eye is a streak of yel- 

 low, and one of brown beneath, passing to the 

 ear : the chin and throat are orange ; the rest of 

 the under parts yellowish white: the four outer 

 tail-feathers are tipped with white : the legs are 

 dusky; the hind claws slightly bent: the male 

 has the yellow on the throat bordered with black, 

 and the stripe above the eye deep yellow: the 

 breast varied with brown, grey, and pale yellow, 

 and the belly and sides reddish yellow : the female 

 sometimes has the breast spotted with brown. 



