ALAUDA ARVE N S IS. 
S K r - LA R K. 
Generic Character. 
Bill flender, ilraight, pointed, curving at the tip. 
Noftrils covered with feathers and briftles. , 
Tongue cloven at the point. , , 
Toes divided to their bafe. 
Claws fharp, thofe on the hind toe very long and 
flightly curved, 
SyN ON YMS. 
AvLAUBA ARVENSis. " Lm. S)jf. 1. 187. 1. hd. Oh?. 
■ _ 2.;^. 491. 1. W. Curtis s Mfs.^^. 
Sky-Lark. Br. ZooL i. 136. lb. foL 93. iah, S, a, 
fig, 7. Lath. Syn, 4. p. 368. 1. Montjr 
Orn. Dicf, Vol, 1. Bewick's Br, Birds^ Ph 
JL H E Sky-Lark is in length about feven inches, ii% 
breadth : near twelve inches, and it weighs in the winter more 
than t#o diifites ; bill flehder and fharp -pointed ; irides hazel * 
feathers on the crown of the head long, and ere6i:able at plea- 
fure ; legs light brown in the; young bird, changing to duikf 
as it advances in age ; claws fharp, the hind one very long 
and nearly ftraight. Colour of the fexes alike. 
