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PIPIT LARK. 

 (Alauda sepiaria.) 



Al. rectricibus Juscis, extima dimidiato alba, secunda apice cunet- 

 formi albttf linea alarum duplici alba, » 



Lark with brown tail-feathers, the outer one half white, the 

 second with a wedge-shaped spot at the tip of that colour, 

 and a double line of the wings also white. 



Alauda sepiaria. Briss. Orn. 3. 34^7- 



Alauda trivialis. im. Syst» Nat, 1. 288. 5. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 

 493.6. 



Alouette pipi. Buf. Hist, Nat. Ois, 5, 39. pi 4. 

 Pipit Lark. Albin, Birds. 1. pi, 44. — Mont. Orn, Diet. 1. — 

 Motit. Orn, Diet, Sup, Jpp, 



The top of the head and the whole of the upper 

 parts of the body are of a rusty olivaceous brown, 

 striped with dusky: the wing-coverts and quills 

 are dusky ; the former are edged with pale oliva- 

 ceous brown, the primary quills excepted, which 

 are bordered with olive green: the sides of the 

 neck, breast, and sides of the body, streaked with 

 oblong dusky spots : the whole of the under parts 

 pale ferruginous ; darkest on the breast, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts, and lightest on the chin : rump 

 plain brown : the two middle tail-feathers dusky 

 brown, with pale margins ; the outer web of the 

 exterior feather on each side white, towards the 

 tip brownish j the web also white, except at the 

 base ; the second feather i^ white at the tip only, 

 and the rest are dusky black, slightly edged with 

 greenish brown : legs dull yellow : claws horn- 

 colour y the hinder one slightly bent. 



