RED LARK, 



517 



Alauda fulva. Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 492. 2. 



Alauda rufa. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 792. 



L'Alouette noire a dos fauve. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois, 5. 23. 



L'Alouette noire d'Encenada. Buff, PI, Enl, 738. f, 2. 



Rufous-backed Lark. Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 371. 2. 



Much smaller than the Sky-Lark, scarcely mea- 

 suring five inches in length : the beak, legs, head, 

 throat, fore-part of the neck, under parts of the 

 body, and upper tail-coverts, are dusky brown : 

 hinder part of the neck, the back, and scapulars, 

 rufous orange : lesser and middle wing-coverts 

 dusky, edged with fulvous : quills and tail deep 

 dusky brown, the outer feathers of the latter edged 

 with rufous. Inhabits Buenos Ayres. 



RED LARK. 

 ( Alauda rubra.) 



Al. obscure Jiisca, subtus fulvo-rufescens macuUs fuscis mria^ 



gents nigricafitibus , superciliis pallide riifis. 

 Dull-brown Lark, beneath fulvous red, varied with fuscous spots; 



cheeks dusky ; eyebrows pale rufous. 

 Alauda rubra. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 794. — Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 



494. 10. 



Alauda pensylvanica, Briss. Sup. g4. 



Alouette a joues brunes de Pensylvanie. Biiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 5. 58. 



Lark from Pensylvania. Edwards. Birds, 297* 



Red Lark. Pen, Brit. Zool. 140.— Pen. Arct, Zool. 2. 279.— 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 376. 8. — Lewin. Brit. Birds. 3. 93. — Mont. 



Orn, Diet, 1. — Mont, Sup, App. 



