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YELTONIAN LARK. 



with rufous : the outer tail-feather is nearly all 

 rufous; the next has the outer edge of that colour; 

 and the others, with the exception of the two 

 middle ones, which are grey, are plain brown : 

 legs and claws grey. 



YELTONIAN LARK. 

 (Alauda Yeltonensis.) 



Al. nigra sup-a rufescente 'varia, sexta remigiim margine eX' 

 teriore alba, rectricibus duabus intermediis rujis. 



Black Lark, varied with rufous above^ with the outer web of 

 the sixth quill white, and the two middle tail-feathers rufous. 



Alauda Yeltonensis. Phil. Trans, LVii.p. 350. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 496. 16. 



Yeltonian Lark. Lath. Gen, Syn, Sup. II, 228. 3. 



This species is the size of a Starling : its beak 

 is black at the base and pale at the tip : the pre- 

 vailing colour of the plumage is black, with the 

 head, back, and shoulders, varied with rufous : 

 the outer web of the sixth quill-feather is white : 

 the two middle tail-feathers are rufous ; the rest 

 are similar to the upper parts of the plumage: the 

 hind claws nearly straight. Very abundant near 

 the Volga. 



