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TIT-LARK. 



(Alauda pratensis.) 



Al, 'viridi-fusca, rectricibus diiabiis extrorsum albis, linea super- 

 ciliari alba. 



Greenish-brown Lark, with the two outer tail-feathers externally 



white, eyebrows white. 

 Alauda pratensis. Liyi. Syst, Nat. 1. 287. 2. — Lin, Faun. Suec, 



210— Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 792. — Briss, Orn. 3. 343. 3. — Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 493. 5. 

 Spipola altera Aldrovandi. Ray. p. 80. 4. 



L'Alouette de pres. Biif. Hist, Nat, Ois, 5, 31. pi 3,—Buf, 



PI, Enl. 660./ 1. 

 Tit-lark. Peti, Arct, Zool, 2. 395. c— Pen, Brit. Zool. 138.—- 



Albin, Birds. 1. pi. 43.— Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 374. d.-^Will. 



Aug. 110. 206. — Leivin. Brit, Birds. 3. p, I98. — Wale. Syn. 2. 



pi. 191. — Mont. Orn, Diet. 1. — Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup, App. 



— Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 185. 



The Tit-lark is about five inches and three 

 quarters in length : its beak is slender and dusky, 

 the base of the under mandible excepted, which is 

 paler : irides hazel : the upper part of the head, 

 and the plumage above, is of a dusky brown ; the 

 ^dges of the feathers palest : the quills are dusky 

 brown, slightly edged with paler: from each side 

 the under mandible arises a line of dusky, which 

 passes down the sides of the throat; which, with 

 the under parts of the body, are dirty white : the 

 sides of the neck and breast are marked with 

 oblong dusky spots : tail dusky brown, edged with 

 paler ; the outer feather, with the exception of 



