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SIBERIAN LARK. 

 (Alauda flava.) 



Al. riifa, griseo varia suhtus albaj vertice nigro maculatOy fascia 



pectorali suhoculari lorisque nigris. 

 Rufous Lark, varied with grey, beneath white, with the crown 



spotted with black, a band on the breast and beneath the 



eyes, and the lores black. 

 Alauda flava. GmeL Syst. Nat, 1. 800. 

 Alauda alpestris. (3. Lath, Ind, Orn. 2. 498. 21. 

 La Ceinture de Pretre. Buff. Hist, Nat, Ois, 5. 6I. — Buff, PI, 



Enl, 650. f. 2. 

 Shore Lark. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 387. 19' a. 



Found in Germany, Prussia, Russia, and Siberia, 

 but not very abundant, particularly in the former 

 places : its length is somewhat less than six inches : 

 the beak is lead-coloured : the forehead, chin, 

 throat, and sides of the head, are pale yellow : 

 between the beak and eye is a spot of black, which 

 passes beneath the eye, and unites with a larger 

 spot near the ear : the top of the head and upper 

 parts of the body are varied with rufous and grey 

 brown : the crown is spotted with black : the 

 quills are grey, edged with darker : the breast has 

 a large spot of black ; the rest of the under parts 

 are whitish : the rump is slightly inclined to yel- 

 low : the outer tail-feathers are edged with white, 

 and the others with grey, with the middle of each 

 nearly black : the legs are lead-coloured 5 and the 

 hind claw is almost straight. 



