BROWN LARK. 
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brow ; these ave longer, more pointed, and of a different texture from 
the rest around them ; and the bird possesses the power of erecting them 
so as to appear as if horned, like some of the Owl tribe. Having kept 
one of these birds alive for some time I was much amused at this odd 
appearance ; and think it might furnish a very suitable specific appella- 
tion, viz., Alauda cornuta, or Horned Lark. These horns become 
scarcely perceivable after the bird is dead. The head is slightly crested. 
Shore Lark and Sky Lark are names by which this species is usually 
known in different parts of the Union. They are said to sing well ; 
mounting in the air, in the manner of the Song Lark of Europe ; but 
this is only in those countries where they breed. I have never heard of 
their nests being found within the territory of the United States. 
Species III. ALAUDA RUFA* 
BROWN LARK. 
[Plate XLII. Fig. 4.] 
Red Lark, Edit. 297.— Aret. Zool. No. 279.— Latham, it., WQ.—L'Alouette aux 
Jones brinies de Pensylvanie, Buff, v., 58. 
In what particular district of the northern regions this bird breeds, I 
am unable to say. In Pennsylvania it first arrives from the north about 
the middle of October ; flies in loose scattered flocks ; is strongly 
* This bird is common to Europe and America, and as many nominal species have 
been made of it we quote the following synonymes from Prince Musignano's obser- 
vations in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. it. 
p. 182-3. 
Synonymes of the American specimens: — Alauda rubra, Gmel. Lath. — Alauda 
ludoviciana, Gmel. Lath. — Alauda pensylvanica, Briss. — Farlouzanne, Buff. Ois. 
— Alouette mix joues brinies de Pensylvanie, Buff. Ois. — Lark from Pennsylvania 
low. Glean, pi. 297.— Red Lark, Penn. Brit, and Aret. Zool. Lath. Syn.— Louisiana 
Lark, Lath. Syn. 
Synonymes of the European specimens :-~Anthus aquatieus, Bechst. Meyer. 
Yieill. Nbuv. Diet. Temm.— Alauda spinolelia, Linn. (Ought not this specific name 
to be restored ?) — Alauda campestris (3. spinoletta, Gmel. Lath. — Alauda obscura, 
Gmel. Lath, (young). Alauda petrosa, Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lund, (young). 
— Anihus rupestris, Nilsson, Orn. Suec.— Alouette pipi. (by error) Buff. PI. Eril. 
661, f. 2.— Meadow Lark, var. A. Lath. Syn.— Dusky Lark, Lath. Syn. (young).— 
Anihus montanus, Koch. Bayerische Zool— The latter nominal species, as Temminck 
observes, was formed of an adult male, as it appears during the few days of breed- 
ing, when they have a roseate tint on the neck, breast, upper part of the belly and 
flanks. 
