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Sp. 3. An. pratensis. 



Alauda pratensis. Steph. v. x. p. 540. — Britain and other parts 

 of Europe* 



Sp. 4 An. campestris. 



Alauda Mosellana. Steph. v. x. p, 523. — The south of Europe. 



Sp. 5. An. Capensis. 



Alauda Capensis. Steph. v. x. p. 510. — The Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Sp. 6. An. rufus. 



Alauda rufa. Steph, v. x. p. 519. — South America. 

 Sp. 7. An. fulvus. 



Alauda fulva. Steph. v. x.p. 516. — South America. 



Sp. 8. An. ruber. 



Alauda rubra. Steph. v. x. p. 517. — North America. 



Sp. 9. An. Richard!. Vieill. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 

 263. Temm. PI. Col. 101. jun. Vigors, Zool. Journ. v, 1. 

 p. 4ll.pl. 14. 



An. olivaceo-fuscuSj albido nigroque varius; suhtus albidiis ; pec- 

 to7'e riifescente macidis nigris; rectricihus duabus externis albo- 

 7narginatis ; pedibus hallucisque ungue longissimis. 



Olive-brown Pipit varied with whitish and black ; beneath whitish ; 

 with the breast reddish spotted with black j the two outer tail- 

 feathers margined with white ; the legs and hinder claw very 

 long. 



Alauda rubra, var. Steph. v. x. 5 18 ? — Richard's Lark. Lath. 

 Gen, Hist. v. v\,p. 294. 



Inhabits Britain and Southern Europe. Length 

 six inches and a half: upper mandible of the beak 

 brown, the lower yellowish : irides brown : top of the 

 head, back, and scapulars brown, the feathers deeper 

 in the middle, with the edges and tips paler : a pale 

 streak over the eyes : the throat and belly white : 

 breast light rufous, with a band of broad lance-shaped 

 spots : sides pale rufous : wings and tail blackish, 



