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BLACK LARK. 



(Alauda tartarica.) 



Al. Jiisco-nigricanSy pennis albido marginatis, remigihus rectrici^ 

 busque nigris. 



Dusky-brown Lark, with the feathers margined with white, and 



the quills and tail-feathers black. 

 Alauda tartarica. Pall. It. 2. 707. 15. pi. c. — GmeL Syst, Nat. 



1. 795. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 496. 15. 

 Alauda mutabilis. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 796. var. ? 

 Mutable Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 381. 14. var. ? 

 Black Lark. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 380. 13. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 1 77. 



15. 



This equals the Starling in size : its beak is of 

 a yellowish horn-colour, with the tip brown : the 

 prevailing colour of its plumage is dusky black ; 

 the edges of the feathers of the head and neck 

 being dusky white, and of the upper parts of the 

 body pure white : quills black : the two middle 

 tail-feathers black, with pale edges, the next with 

 the edge at the tip pale, and all the rest plain 

 black: legs black; the hind claw nearly straight: 

 the females and young are brown : the feathers on 

 the upper parts of the body are bordered with grey, 

 and of the under with whitish : the quills and two 

 outer tail-feathers are edged with white: legs 

 brown. Inhabits the arid deserts of Tartary : 

 during the summer is found but sparingly, and 

 singly; but upon the approach of winter it becomes 

 gregarious, and frequents inhabited places. 



V. X. p. II. 33 



