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SAND LARK. 

 (Alauda arenaria.) 



Al. rufescenti'gilva, nigro maculata, suhtus alba,Jasciapectorali 

 macularif medio interrupta, nigra, cauda nigra, rectricibus la- 

 teralibus oblique albis. 



Reddish ash -coloured Lark, spotted with black; beneath white, 

 with a black band on the breast, composed of spots, inter- 

 rupted in the middle; tail black, the outer feathers white 

 towards their tips. 



Alauda calandrilla. Bonelli, Memoires de VAcademie de Turin, 



This bird has the upper parts of its body of a 

 reddish grey, sprinkled with black : the under 

 parts white, with an interrupted band on the 

 breast composed of black spots : tail-feathers 

 black, with the first obliquely tipped with white 

 on the outer web ; the second with the tip and 

 outer margin only of that colour ; the third and 

 fourth with only the outer web, towards the tip, 

 white. Inhabits France. 



