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FIELD LARK, 

 (Alauda agrestis.) 



Al. rubro-fiisca subtus maculata, gula ahdomineque albis, jugulo 



pectoreque obscure Jlavescentibus, 

 Red-brown Lark, spotted beneath, with the throat and abdomen 



white, the jugulum and breast dull yellowish. 

 Alauda minor. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 793. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



494. 8. 



Lesser Field Lark. Will. Ang, p. 207 . 



Tree Lark. Bexvick. Brit. Birds. 1. 18L? 



Field Lark. Pen, Brit. Zool. 139. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 395. d. 

 — Lath. Gen. Si/n.4. 375.6. — Leivin. Brit. Birds. 3.^/. 92.— 

 IFalc. Syn, 2. pi. 192. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. — Mont. Sup. 



This species measures six inches and a half in 

 length : its weight is five drams and three quar- 

 ters: its beak is dusky above and whitish beneath: 

 irides hazel : the upper parts of the plumage are 

 of a light yellowish brown, with the middle of 

 each feather dusky brown : the coverts of the 

 wings are tipped with whitish : the rump is plain 

 light brown : the throat and breast are of an ochra- 

 ceous yellow, the feathers of the latter with their 

 centres dusky black : belly yellowish white : the 

 outer tail-feathers white ; the next slightly tipped 

 with that colour ; the rest dusky : legs yellowish 

 brown 5 claws horn-colour; the hind one short 

 and hooked. 



This bird greatly resembles the Tit-lark, but 

 the beak and legs will enable any one to dis- 

 tinguish it with certainty : the present species 



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